When I Was a Kid chords by Robyn Hitchcock

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Intro 1

Verse 1

When I was a kid

I finished what I did

And I went upstairs in my

dressing gown

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Verse 2

So I was a kid everyone is that

I went up and I made damn sure

I never came down

Verse 3
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Ain't it strange how people
get older
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They wear you on their head
And they print you on their shoulder
And never believe
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I'll be more than free

Interlude 1

At least evolve for me

Verse 4
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When I was a kid
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I wore a broad brim
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And sat on him
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His toothpaste major is no one oak level
People who traced your new ply
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devil and aging bee

Verse 5
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I swear I could murder that guy
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Though I always smile at
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him when he comes by
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He turned me into a businessman
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He turned me into a businessman
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D 
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He turned me into a
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businessman
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He turned me

Interlude 2

Verse 6

When I was a kid

I drew blank mushrooms

Sat in ballrooms

Took it on

Verse 7
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Then I knew I  did
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Have the lot when I'd
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got what I was given
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D 
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I just took it and
Ebm 
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I just couldn't form

Verse 8
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Some people get bigger
Some just get dead
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C 
When their figures are bled
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'Cause their heads are
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Stoven right in by the waste
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C 
of the time
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C 
They've been living in
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their hats so blindly