heliocentric@breathe.com 21st January 2001, 6.59pm SPEAK LIKE A CHILD by THE STYLE COUNCIL Written by Paul Weller Chords used: A: x02220 Dmaj7: xx0222 F#m: 244222 C#aug: xx3221 Bm: x24432 F: 133211 E: 022100 A F#m (x2)

^A Your hair hangs in ^F#mgolden steps You're ^Aa bonafide in ^F#mevery respect You ^Aare walking through streets that ^F#mmean nothing to you ^A You believe you're above it and ^F#mI don't really blame you

^A Maybe that's why you ^F#mspeak like a child; ^A The things you're saying like &^F#mquot;I'm so free and so wild" ^Bm And I believe it when you ^F#mlook in my eyes; ^Bm You offer me a life that ^F#mnever lies Least ^Fonly the kind to ^Emake me smile

^A Your clothes are clean and your ^F#mmind is productive ^A It shops in store where ^F#monly the best buy ^A You're cool and hard, and if I ^F#msound like a lecher ^A It's probably true, but at ^F#mleast there's no lecture

^A I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A The crazy sayings like &^F#mquot;I'm so free and so wild" ^Bm You have to make a bargain ^F#mwith me now ^Bm A promise that you won't ^F#mchange somehow No ^Fway, no how ^E

^Dmaj7Spent all day ^Ethinking about you ^Dmaj7Spent all night ^Ecoming to terms with it ^Dmaj7Time and con^C#augditions are built to tame ^F#mNothing lasts with age, so ^Fpeople say But ^EI will always try to feel the ^Asame

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I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A The way you hate the homely ^F#mrank and the file ^A The way you're so proud to be ^F#moh, so free and so wild

^A I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A I really like it when you ^F#mspeak like a child ^A The way you're so proud to be ^F#moh, so free and so ^Awild

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Style Council - Speak like a child