When I Was A Kid chords by J Ward

Chords with lyrics

When I Was A augmentedA Kid ?" J. Ward

Written April 2011


Timing: 4/4

Chords used:

  G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G* Em* C* D*
e|--1--0--0--2--10--8---3---5----|
BB|--0--0--1--3--12?"-9---5---7----|
G+G|--0--0--0--2--12--10--5---7----|
D MajorD|--0--2--2--0--12--10--5---7----|
A augmentedA|--2--2--3-----10--8---3---5----|
E MajorE|--3--0-------------------------|

Verse

G+G             E minorEm
When I was a kid I had a tick on my head
  G+G            E minorEm
My parents told me that I could have been dead
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry be none

  G+G                 E minorEm
My sister?s dressed me up yeah, they thought it?d be best
G+G            E minorEm
If I go around in their Sunday dress
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry me none

Chorus
 G+G  E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb
        G+G  E minorEm
Yeah I had my thumb
C majorC            D MajorD
Things never worried me none
         G+G  E minorEm  G+G E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb

Verse

G+G              E minorEm
When we move house I thought it?d be smart
  G+G        E minorEm
To bury He-Man in a hole in the yard
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry be none

  G+G             E minorEm
My dog was a champ he follows me everywhere
   G+G                E minorEm
He?d sit out front my class and at my teacher would stare
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry me none

Chorus

 G+G  E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb
       G+G  E minorEm
Yeah I had my thumb
C majorC            D MajorD
Things never worried me none
         G+G  E minorEm  G+G E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb

   G+G                    E minorEm
I was dodgy alter boy, yeah I scoffed all the bread
  G+G               E minorEm
And even got banned for whacking a kid in the head
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry me none

     G+G            E minorEm
Chucking Heralds from bike use to be lots of fun
        G+G             E minorEm
But there were plenty of complaint on my paper run
  C majorC          D MajorD
But that didn?t worry me none,
  C majorC          D MajorD
No that didn?t worry me none

Chorus
G+G  E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb
        G+G  E minorEm
Yeah I had my thumb
C majorC            D MajorD
Things never worried me none
         G+G  E minorEm  G+G E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb


Solo

G* Em* G* Em* C* D* C* D*

G* Em* G* Em* C* D* C* D*

G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm

Bridge
   G+G          E minorEm
Yeah being a kid has it?s up?s and downs
  G+G             E minorEm
But there?s one thing that I always found
   G+G                E minorEm
When life hits the skids and there?s no one around
   G+G             E minorEm
Just grab that thumb and stick it in your mouth
   C majorC            D MajorD
Yeah things never worried me none,
  C majorC            D MajorD
No things never worries me none

Chorus

 G+G  E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb
        G+G  E minorEm
Yeah I had my thumb
C majorC            D MajorD
Things never worried me none
         G+G  E minorEm  G+G E minorEm
?Cause I had my thumb