I Thought I Was A Child
Jackson Browne Key
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F Fsus4 F Dm Bb
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F Am7 Bb C
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Bb C F Bb F
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Bb Am Gm C7 A7/C#
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Dm Bb F F
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F Dm Bb
It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery
F Am7 Bb C
As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free
Bb C F Bb F
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
Bb Am Gm C A7/C#
I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing
Dm Bb F Bb F
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes
C C/Bb Am7 Gm7(11) C
Surprise!
F Bb
I've spent my whole life running 'round
F Bb
Chasing songs from town to town
F Am Bb C
Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down
Bb C F Bb F
So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled
Bb Am7
By now I should have long been gone
Gm C A7/C#
But here I am still looking on
Dm Bb F
As if I didn't know which way to run
Solo:
C Bb Am D
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Gm C F A7
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Dm Bb Dm Bb
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Dm Bb F C
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F Dm Bb
It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
F Am7 Bb C
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
Bb C F Bb F
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
Bb Am Gm C A7/C#
I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time
Dm Bb F
Alone within the boundaries of my mind
Bb F/A Gm C
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Bb C Dm7
I thought I was a child
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