Childish Things chords by James McMurtry
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Aunt Clara kept her
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bible right next to the phone
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In case she needed a quote
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while she talked to someone
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In my memory she smiles while
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the blessings said
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And visions of freeze tag
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dance in my head
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She says I'll grow up big if
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I eat all my roast
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That I'll still believe in heaven but I
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won't believe in ghosts anymore
Verse 2
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I'll put away childish things,
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I'll put away childish things
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Every other weekend, age of thirteen
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With my fishing pole and
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my Field & Stream
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Riding back home on the
Trailways bus
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I looked out the window
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till I saw too much
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And I called my parents
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by their own first names
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I played in the alley but I didn't
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play the game anymore
Verse 4
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I put away childish things,
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I put away childish things
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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The wolves howl all night long
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They won't stop and they
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won't go home
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Beneath my window they
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run
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Probably it'll be alright
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If I keep it all locked up tight
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And wait till daylight comes
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
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Now my boy goes like a house on fire
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He'll never burn out and
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he'll never retire
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And I remember when I
used to think like that
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When I was young and the world was flat
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But I'm forty some years old
now and man I don't care
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All I won't now is just
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a comfortable chair
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And to sell all my stock and
live on the coast
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I don't believe in heaven but I still
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believe in ghosts
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Verse 7
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I've put away childish things,
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I've put away childish things
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I've put away childish things,
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I've put away childish things
Verse 8
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The wolves howl all night long
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They won't stop and they won't
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go home
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Beneath my window they run
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Probably it'll be alright
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If I keep it all locked up tight
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And wait till daylight comes
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If I wait till daylight
Outro 1
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Childish Things
James McMurtry
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