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(A flat major) (G major) When (C major) I was thirteen
I ran away (G major) from home
Found a (D major) job on a tramp steamer
bound for (C major) Ethiopia
(G major) There (C major) I ran into a turambo (G major)
Tried (G minor) (D major) to make the bridge
to sail back (C major) to Paris
(G major) With his (C major) parrot -paw shrieking
and his violent, (G major) violet eyes
He (D major) frightened (G major) me a little,
but I (C major) thought it was cool
(G major) So I (C major) hung around him
till the nex (G major) t poor town
And he showed (D major) me up the hem
of my first (C major) girl's (G major) gown
(C major) Ah, we would laugh
when the (G major) queen whined and whined
As the (D major) monkeys gathered round,
we'd (C major) shout (G major) for more
Pol (C major) ished the moon, said (G major) Rambo to me
And he tipped (D major) up my glass
till the wine (C major) ran (G major) clean
When I was (F major) thir (C major) teen (G major) (A flat major) (G major)
When (C major) I was thirteen on
a drunk (G major) en boat
Loaded (D major) with tangerine (C major) cockatoos
(G major) I (C major) sold French postcards in (G major) Ethiopia
To (D major) help Rambo (G major) (D major) sail (C major) back to France
(G major) But (C major) he fell ill, went to the hospit (G major) al
There was (D major) no blood plasma,
so he (C major) went down fast
(G major) We (C major) all tried to give what
blood (G major) we could spare
But (D major) all our men could spare
is (C major) his fair (G major) share
How we (C major) would laugh
when the (G major) cane wine poured,
as the (D major) monkeys gathered
round the shelf. (C major) (G major)
(C major) Paulist the moon sent Ram (G major) bo to me,
and he (D major) tipped up my glass,
so the wine (C major) ran (G major) clear
when I was (F major) thirteen. (C major) (G major) (A flat major) (G major)
So (C major) poor Artur went down the drain, (G major)
in a (D major) yellow, with the (C major) crucified God. (G major)
(C major) Staring at him from the (G major) opposite wall,
his (D major) last words he said to me
were (C major) go home lad. (G major)
How (C major) we would laugh
when the (G major) cane wine poured,
As the (D major) monkeys gathered round,
we'd (C major) shout for more. (G major)
(C major) I wished the moon
said Ram (G major) bo to me,
And he (D major) took the five glasses,
so (C major) the went (G major) free.
when I was (F major) thir (C major) teen (G major)
when I was (F major) thirteen (C major) (G major)
(A flat major) (G major) (A flat major)
When I Was Thirteen
Geoff Oelsner
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