Don't Let The Kids Win chords by Julia Jacklin (Official Version)

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Verse 1
E 
Don't let the kid  (E major) win
Just let them lose
A 
They're not gonna learn  (A major) anything
F#m 
B7 
If that's the way you  (F sharp minor) choose to play  (B7) 
E 
Don't let the kids  (E major) win
Just let them fall
A 
You don't want them growing up  (A major) 
thinking two year olds
F#m 
B7 
are  (F sharp minor) good  at playing  (B7) basketball

Verse 2
E 
Don't let your grandmother  (E major) die
While you're away
A 
A cheap trip to Thailand  (A major) 
is not gonna make up
F#m 
B7 
for never  (F sharp minor) getting to  (B7) say goodbye
E 
And don't let  (E major) your brother
Stop thinking you're cool
A 
Yeah I know he's got a girlfriend  (A major) now
F#m 
and he's taller but that don't mean  (F sharp minor) 
B7 
he stopped looking  (B7) up  to you

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Chorus 1

And I've got a feeling

That this won't ever change

We're gonna keep on getting older

It's gonna keep on feeling strange

Verse 3
E 
Don't let you friends  (E major) turn cold
While you burn to green
A 
When they walk off the stage  (A major) embrace them
F#m 
B7 
And say that's the  (F sharp minor) best  shit I've  (B7) ever seen
E 
And don't let  (E major) your sister walk down the aisle
A 
Without pulling her close,  (A major) 
F#m 
saying I love you and it's okay  (F sharp minor) 
B7 
if I don't see  (B7) you for a while

Chorus 2
E 
And  (E major) I've got a feeling
That this won't ever change
F#m 
We're gonna keep  (F sharp minor) on getting older
B7 
It's gonna keep  (B7) on feeling strange
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major) 
A 
E 
E 
 (A major)  (E major)  (E major) 

Verse 4
E 
Don't let the time  (E major) go by
Without sitting your mother down
A 
And asking what  (A major) life was like for her
F#m 
B7 
before  (F sharp minor) you came to  (B7) be  around
E 
And tell  (E major) her it's okay if she puts herself first
A 
Us kids  (A major) we'll be alright
F#m 
B7 
if we're not the  (F sharp minor) center of her  (B7) universe

Chorus 3
E 
And  (E major) I've got a feeling
That this won't ever change
F#m 
We're gonna keep  (F sharp minor) on getting older
B7 
It's gonna keep  (B7) on feeling strange
E 
And  (E major) after a late one
I don't know anything
F#m 
Except the  (F sharp minor) more  I keep on talking
B7 
E 
The  (B7) less breath I got left to sing  (E major) 

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E majorBPM: 109

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2

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This is the definitive original version of Don't Let The Kids Win by Julia Jacklin, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Don't Let The Kids Win the way Julia Jacklin intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.