When I Was A Kid chords by J Ward

When I Was A Kid ?" J. Ward

Written April 2011

Tuning: EADGBe

Timing: 4/4

Chords used:

    G  Em C  D  G*  Em* C*  D*
e|--1--0--0--2--10--8---3---5----|
B|--0--0--1--3--12?"-9---5---7----|
G|--0--0--0--2--12--10--5---7----|
D|--0--2--2--0--12--10--5---7----|
A|--2--2--3-----10--8---3---5----|
E|--3--0-------------------------|

Verse

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

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

Chorus
 G   Em
?Cause I had my thumb
               G   Em
Yeah I had my thumb
C                       D
Things never worried me none
                 G   Em   G  Em
?Cause I had my thumb

Verse

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

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

Chorus

 G   Em
?Cause I had my thumb
              G   Em
Yeah I had my thumb
C                       D
Things never worried me none
                 G   Em   G  Em
?Cause I had my thumb

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

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


Chorus
G   Em
?Cause I had my thumb
               G   Em
Yeah I had my thumb
C                       D
Things never worried me none
                 G   Em   G  Em
?Cause I had my thumb


Solo

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

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

G  Em  G  Em

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

Chorus

 G   Em
?Cause I had my thumb
               G   Em
Yeah I had my thumb
C                       D
Things never worried me none
                 G   Em   G  Em
?Cause I had my thumb