Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:42:36 -0600 From: arabella@mail.utexas.edu (Arabella Clauson) Subject: CRD:"I Spoke as a Child" (Todd Snider) From: Pat Wildt <wildt@houston.dowell.slb.com> I Spoke as a Child By: Todd Snider Guitar arrangement for recording of vocal w/ piano accompaniment. When changing from G to Em, walk the base line down from the G note (3rd fret low E or 1st string), to F# (2nd fret 1st string) to open 1st string (E note)

^GEveryone has d^Bmays li^Cke I'm ha^Gving ^CHoldin on to any^Gthing that I c^Dan ^GTo keep myse^Bmlf from anyt^Ching but lau^Gghing ^CLooking back as f^Gar as I can st^Dand ^COut my window wi^Dnter is almost o^Gver I can ^Emalmost see the s^Cun behind these cl^Gouds ^D ^CLookin' back on wh^Dere I was one y^Gear ago to^Emday ^CLaughing at the sh^Dape I'm in n^Gow.

Chorus:

^DWhen I was a child I sp^Coke as a ch^Gild But a^Cll I heard was h^Gow I should get a^Dhead, Now g^Crowing up it ain't an^Dything but a^Gll This inde^Emcision with these de^Cbts and doubts And worries ^Dhanging over my head When ^CI was a c^Dhild I s^Gpoke as a c^Emhild I w^Cish I could re^Dmember what I s^Gaid

I'd like to find that old time feelin' Somewhere in between what I've become Somewhere down the line it must have seemed appealing So I suppose that it must work for some But I wanna go back to going crazy Believing every word that I was told You know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser And then other times I think I'm getting old Chorus: When I was a child I spoke as a child But all I heard was how I should get ahead Now growing up it ain't anything but all this Indecision with these debts and doubts and Worries hangin' over my head When I was a child I spoke as a child I wish I could remember what I said When I was a child I spoke as a child God I wish I could remember what I said

Todd Snider - I spoke as a child