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
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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.
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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#