Chords for Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was a Child - For Everyman ( October 1973 )

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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] It's such a clever innocence _ [Dm] with which you do [Bb] your _ sorcery
[F] As if somehow [Am] the years just bow [Bb] and let that young girl go [C] free
_ _ [Bb] I thought [F] I was a child _ [Bb]
until you turned [F] and smiled
[Bb] I thought I knew [Am] where [C] I was going [D] until I heard [C] your laughter flowing
[Dm] And came upon [Bb] the wisdom in [F] your _ eyes _ _ _ _
_ [C] Surprise!
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[F] _ _ Spent my whole [Bb] life running around _ [F] _ chasing songs [Bb] from town to town
_ [F] _ Thinking I'd [Am] be free so long [Bb] as I never let love [C] slow me down
[Bb] So [F] lonely and so _ wild [Bb] until you turned [F] and smiled
[Bb] By now I should [Am] have long been gone [Gm] but here I am [C] still looking on
[Dm] As if I [D] didn't [Bb] know which way [F] to run _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ It's such a clever innocence _ [Dm] with which you show [Bb] myself to [F]
me
As if you know [Am] how it feels to [Bb] never be who you [C] want to be
[Bb] I thought [C] I [F] was a _ child [Bb] until you turned [F] and smiled _
[Bb] I thought that I [Am] was free but I'm [Gm] just one more [C] prisoner of time
[Dm] Alone within [Bb] the boundaries of [F] my [Bb] mind
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[Bb] _ I thought [Am] I _ was [G] a child _ _ _ _
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