Childhood Ruined chords by Cartoons Music

[Intro]

C#


[Verse]

F#          Bb
Childhood is precious,
B               F#
but if we knew the whole truth then,
B         Bb    Eb
it would make our memories dark,
  Ab      C#        F#
so here's your, childhood, ruined.

F#                    B      F#
The Little Mermaid movie poster featured dicks, not a lie.
    B           F#
And the original story of the Mermaid ended
     Ab         C#
When the Little Mermaid died.
F#
The Land Before Time was awesome,
    B             F#
Ducky's voice was a little girl's "quack".
  B           Bb   Eb
Her real dad murdered her in cold blood,
    Ab     C#    F#
That's why Ducky's voice did not come back.


[Chorus]

F#        B           Eb             C#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, the truth is out there, and the truth is wow.
F#        B            Eb       C#        F#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now!
F#
"How about writers?"


[Verse]

F#               B       F#
the author of Peter Pan kept a book up on the shelf.
B            F#          Ab         C#
He forged a will to get custody of kids then Peter killed himself.
F#                     B           F#
The guy who wrote James and the Giant Peach really hated the Jews,
B          Bb  Eb     Ab C#  F#
And Lewis Carroll of Wonderland was a pedophile too.
Eb                 B    C#
The writer of the Giving Tree was a poetry machine,
Eb
His children's poems were so pornographic,
     B               C#
They were first published in Playboy Magazine.


[Chorus]

F#        B         Eb           C#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, sorry to sacrifice your sacred cow.
F#        B            Eb       C#        F#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now!


[Bridge]

Eb
E.T. wasn't always a puppet,
    B          C#
He was played by a kid born with no legs.
    Eb
During Milo and Otis, tons of dogs died,
  B                   C#
But sometimes you've gotta break a couple eggs.


[Chorus]

F#        B         Eb        C#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, no more "barks", no more "meows".
F#        B            Eb       C#        F#
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now.


[Bridge]

  Eb
So when it comes down to the truth,
  B           C#
Sometimes you must just surrender,
  Eb                 B        C#
The principal from Ferris Bueller is a registered sex offender...


[Outro]

F#
More child stars overdose,
   B            F#
Than time in this song will allow,
B        Bb Eb
And so I have to ask you:
     Ab    C#   F#