If I Ever Was A Child chords by Wilco

• Capo on 1st

Key is D# Mixolydian, sometimes going to D# Major. Capo on 1. All chords relative to capo, transcribe the
whole tab one fret up for the true chords.

Intro:
D


Verse 1:
D               Am
I've never been alone
               G
Long enough to know
                D
If I ever was a child

D                    Am
I was tied up like a boat
                   G
On a button like a coat
               D
Set free for a while


Chorus:
    Em                     Gm
I'd jump to jolt my clumsy blood
         D            A
While my white, green eyes


Verse 2:
D                 Am
Cry like a window pane
                  G
Can my cold heart change
            D
Even out of spite?


Solo:
D Am G D


Chorus:
  Em            Gm              D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
         A
It never fades
  Em                   Gm         A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take


Verse 3:
      D                 Am
And I cry like a window pane
                  G
Can my cold heart change
     D
Over night?

   D                    Am
So I won't ever want to touch
               G
Your heart too much
                D
Or hold you too tight

Chorus:
  Em            Gm              D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
          A
I'll never fade
  Em                   Gm         A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take

Coda:
D           Am
I never was alone
               G
Long enough to know
                D