Tuning: E A D G B E

^GI wont forget when Peter Pan ^G/BCame to my house, took my hand ^CI said, "I was a boy" ^G/BIm glad he didnt check ^D

^GI learned to fly, I learned to fight ^G/BI lived a whole life in one night ^CWe saved each others lives ^G/BOut on the pirates deck ^D

^CAnd I remember that night ^GWhen Im leaving ^G/Ba late night with some friends ^C ^G/BAnd I hear somebody ^Ctell me ^G/BIts not safe, someone should hel^Dp me ^CI need to find a nice ^Dman to walk me ^Ghome

^G/BWhen I was a boy I scared the pants off of my mom ^CClimbed what I could climb upon ^D

^CAnd I dont know how I survived ^G/B ^G/BI guess I knew the tricks that all boys ^Cknew And you ^G/Bcan walk me home^D ^CBut I wa^Ds a boy,^G/B too

I was a kid that you would like Just a small boy on her bike Riding topless, yeah I never cared who saw My neighbor come outside To say, "Get your shirt," I said "No way, it's the last time I'm not breaking any law"

^CAnd now I'm in this clothing sto^G/Bre ^G/BAnd the signs say less is more ^C More that's tight means ^G/Bmore to see ^D ^CMore for them, n^G/Bot more for me ^D ^CThat can't help ^Dme climb a tree in ten seconds f^G/Blat

When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees And I know things have gotta change

^G/BThey got pills to sell, they've got impl^Cants to put in ^G ^G/BThey've got implants to remove ^D ^C

But I am^G/B not for^Dgetting ^CThat I w^Das a boy^G/B too

And like the woods where I would creep It's a secret I can keep Except when I'm tired 'Cept when I'm being caught off guard And I've had a lonesome awful day The conversation finds its way To catching fire-flies Out in the backyard

^CAnd I so tell the man I'm with ^G/B ^G/BAbout the other life I l^Cived And I ^G/Bsay now you're top^D gun ^CI have l^G/Bost and you have won ^D ^CAnd he says, "Oh^D no, no, can't y^G/Bou see

When I was a girl, my mom And I we always talked And I picked flowers Everywhere that I walked

^DAnd I could always cry ^G/BNow even when I'm alone I seldom do ^C

^CAnd I have l^Dost some kin^G/Bdness ^CBut I w^Das a gi^G/Brl too ^CAnd you^D were j^G/Bust like me ^CAnd I w^Das just^G like you

Dar Williams - When i was a boy