When I Was A Child chords by Robert Plant

Key: E

Intro:


E

E
I was reaching for the future
E
Slowly floating in the blue
             A7
When I was a boy
F#m                  E
I dreamed a dream of you
E

I danced upon the tree-top
E
I drifted with the stream
E/A          Aadd9
When I was a child
F#m              E
I held you in my dreams

A    F#m
Oh   Oh


A    F#m   E
Oh   Oh

C6   E  F#m  B
Oh

Chorus:
Am  Am/G        F
   Once I was a soldier
Dm           Am
In my castle strong
               F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
              Am
I could do no wrong
              F7
Innocence and slumber
D5
When I was a boy

E
I was walking with a stranger
E
He left without a trace
E/C#         A
When I was a boy
  F#                 E
I slept at heaven's gate



Am  Am/G        F
   Once I was a soldier
Dm           Am
In my castle strong
               F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
              Am
I could do no wrong
              F7
Innocence and slumber
D5
When I was a boy

E7 x 4
A F# E
Instrumental:

(repeat chorus chords)
Am  Am/G        F
Dm           Am
               F7
              Am
              F7
D5

Am  Am/G        F
   Once I was a soldier
Dm           Am
In my castle strong
               F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
              Am
I could do no wrong
              F7
Innocence and slumber

E           C           E                     C7  F#
When I was, when I was, when I was, oh oh oh oh, ooh yeah


Am  Am/G        F
   Once I was a soldier
Dm           Am
In my castle strong
               F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
              Am
I could do no wrong
              F7
Innocence and slumber

Eadd9 E  repeat
Outro: