Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
Em
Lost time.
Your temper rubato came
One, two, one, two, three.
F
What?
And what are you getting me turned?
You get nothing, nothing,
nothing but a heartache
sadness and misery
And a bad time once in a while,
you try to give them a bath,
they don't want it
you're doing something you want
And that's all they want to know
about it is what they want
Bless their hearts
Children, kids, phooey
But bless their little hearts,
cause they're really made out of gold
I'd sell them on the open marketplace
so I could make a fortune
They don't know what
they're doing
Someday they'll lead you to ruins
when you're young
They yell at you when you're old
G
Gm
They borrow from you when
Children, children, kids
They're smaller versions of us, you know
And I'm not so crazy about
me in the first place
Why do I want to be one of them?
They're friendly when they want to be
and give what they want
And that's not enough
Kids, phooey, phooey
My greatest hope in life is that someday
One of them might grow up
and then they could get married
Just so they can leave home, you know?
The only way you can get
them to stay away
And leave you alone
They're okay for some people
Children? They're disobedient,
you know?
Never eat their spinach
When you ask them
G
C
Ain't nothing I'm gonna do about it
Try to feed them one
at three in the morning
And you'll see what I mean,
if you know what I mean
They're just children
I think that's why
I don't like them very much anymore
And here's why
And when you get them in turn,
you get ruined
Ruined, ruined!
Give me a lot of toys,
give me a lot of noise
But when you get them in turn,
G
C
you get a lot of noise
Kids, they make you dizzy
Busted little hearts
is half fare on an airline.
G
C
This is Smoke and Air 11.
F
C
Okay.
Thank you very much.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Em F G Gm
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