When I Was A Child

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When I was a child
            A
So wild and free
              D
Sometimes I'd stumble
               A
Or fall from a tree


                   E
But I didn't worry
             A
And I didn't care
               E
I knew that my daddy
                A
Would always be there


                     E
Oh, he was my friend
                  A
When no one could play
          D
Never too busy
                A    E
Oh, he'd find a way


                  A       E
Then off we would ramble
                     A
With the wind in our hair
               E
I knew that my daddy
                A
Would always be there


                G      D
But time has no mercy
                      A
For the growing young soul
                  G         D
It leaves us with memories
                       A   D  A  G  Am  D
While it makes us grow old


          A     E
I left my home
                    A
When school days were through
                D
With visions of freedom
                       A     E
Oh, and dreams to come true


           A        E
I've never worried
               A
And I've never cared
               E
I knew that my daddy
                A
Would always be there


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                A
One night while travelling
E            A
Word came by phone
                D
The message was simple
                 A     E
You're needed at home


               A
For once I did worry
    E          A
For once I did care
                 E
I prayed that my daddy
                  D
Would wait for me there

         G        D
Time has no mercy__
                      A
For the growing young soul
                  G      D
It leaves us with memories
                       A
While it makes us grow old


                G     D
But time has no mercy__
                      A
For the growing young soul
                  G         D
It leaves us with memories
                       A
While it makes us grow old
                 D
It makes us grow old