You Were A Child tab by Jennifer Jeffries

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

Intro:


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0h2-----2--|
D|----------------------------------0-----0-----0h2---2-----4-----4----/9---7---5---0h2--------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3------|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-/-4-----------2--------------------------------------------0-----------------------0-------------|
D|------------0------------0-2-----2-----5---4---2---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------|
A|--3-/-5---5---5---3---3----3---3---3---------------0h2---------------------2-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|

Verse Picking Pattern

            Cmaj7                            Riff*                          G**
e|------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------0---------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------0---------|--------0------------------|---------------0---------------|
D|--2----------------------x2:-|--2-----------3/5---4---2--|---------0-----------0----x2:-|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3-------|--3---3---3----------------|---2---------------------------|
E|------------------------------|---------------------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|

*When playing the riff you play one bar of the Cmaj7 pattern then the riff after
**G is sometimes played with a hammer on from open to 2nd fret

Chorus Chords

    C       E     Ebmaj7    G
e|--0-------0-------0-------x-|
B|--1-------0-------3-------0-|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|--2-------2-------4-------0-|
A|--3-------2-------5-------2-|
E|--x-------0-------x-------3-|


Verse 1:
Cmaj7
You've known God since you were a child
G
Read your Bible, and you prayed every night
Cmaj7
Sunday mornings were made for revival
G
So it still feels like you're gods child

Cmaj7 Riff G


Verse 2:
Cmaj7
And They go to church to find their worth
G
But you let numbers define yours
Cmaj7
So you leave marks all on your arms
G
One for each flaw that you find In God's desire
Cmaj7   riff    G
in you


Pre-Chorus/Verse 3:
Cmaj7
And they say we're not perfect, make us feel worthless
G
For all the things we've done and the wrongs we've done
Cmaj7
They make it a game of wrong and rights
G
We're damned to hell if we don't play right

Strummed

e|--0---0---0---x----------|
B|--0---0---0---0----------|
G|--0---0---0---0----------|
D|--5---4---2---0----------|
A|--7---5---3---2----------|
E|--0---0---0---3----------|


Chorus:
C                                                         Em
And the more strings that you pick, the more anxious you get
                 Ebmaj7
Are getting worn out
C                                                  Em
And those words that you sing are the way that you bleed
                Emaj7
You're bleeding out
C                                              Em
And you hate who you are even worse who you're not
                  Emaj7
So you write this song
C                       Em
And beautiful poetry so they'll see something lovely
Emaj7                    G
Instead of broken things

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| h   Hammer-on
| /   Slide up

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