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Daniel (baby Boy) Acoustic chords by Kimya Dawson

Chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 1st
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramG+G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G
I was twelve and things had been
Chord diagramC majorC
Pretty okay up till then
    Chord diagramD MajorD
The only deaths I’d experienced
        Chord diagramG+G
Were of pets and the grandparents of my friends

Verse 2:
Chord diagramG+G
I was in gifted and talented
      Chord diagramC majorC
Until right around the seventh grade
    Chord diagramD MajorD
But that is when everything changed
      Chord diagramG+G
And I had to flip a switch and shut off my brain

Chorus:
           Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC
Cause if I thought too much
        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC
I’d get sick to my stomach
            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC
And I would feel like giving up
                           Chord diagramD MajorD
Or throwing up it was just too tough

Verse 3:
Chord diagramG+G
Cause that is when I realized that
Chord diagramC majorC
Even little babies die and
Chord diagramD MajorD
I had to build a wall inside to
Chord diagramG+G
Keep me from losing my mind

Verse 4:
Chord diagramG+G
He was only nine months old
Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA kid I’d babysit and hug and hold
            Chord diagramD MajorD
And I would tickle his toes and pat his head
              Chord diagramG+G
And watch his chest rise and fall as he slept in his crib

Bridge:
            Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
And then my dad said late last night
        Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA drunk driver hit their car he didn’t survive
        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC
And his mom was hurt bad but his dad is alright
        Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC
His big brother is fine cause he stayed at the party
          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC
Yeah yeah steven is fine cause he stayed at the party

Chorus:
         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC
And if I thought too much
        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC
I’d get sick to my stomach
            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC
And I would feel like giving up
                           Chord diagramD MajorD
Or throwing up it was just too tough

Verse 5:
                 Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC
Sometimes things happen when we are small
        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC
That we just don’t have the tools to deal with at all
      Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
So we bottle them up and we just don’t see
        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC
How the stuff that we stuff will affect who we’ll be

Verse 6:
         Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC
What protects us as kids slowly makes us insane
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC
So I’m trying to dismantle barricades
         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC
Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain
         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC
Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
And I just hope that my heart is stronger now
        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC
So much stronger than it was when I was twelve

Chorus:
          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC majorC
When if I thought too much
        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC
I’d get sick to my stomach
            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramC majorC
And I would feel like giving up
                           Chord diagramD MajorD
Or throwing up it was just too tough

Verse 7:
              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
And I’d sing ‘Daniel’ again and again
       Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
And pretend you were just traveling on a plane
        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC
Quarter century later it’s still hard to take
         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC
But with every red tail light I scream out your name
          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC
Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name
          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC
Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name

Outro:
       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
I say ‘Daniel, Daniel, Daniel’
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy
     Chord diagramG+G
Baby boy

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