Devendra Banhart – I Feel Just Like A Child (Guitar)

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Basically your standard blues pattern. [Intro] G [Verse 1]
     G
Well I feel just like a child

     G
Yeah I feel just like a child

     C
Well I feel just like a child

     G
Well I feel just like a child

        D                  
From my womb to my tomb

  C                             G
I guess I'll always be a child
[Verse 2]
           G
Well, some people try and treat me like a man

           G
Yeah, some people try and treat me like a man

        C
Well, I guess they just don't understand

           G
Yeah, some people try and treat me like a man

     D
They think I know shit

    C                            G
But that's just it, I'm a child
[Verse 3]
        G
Well, I need you to tell me what to wear

        G
Yeah, I need you to help me comb my hair

        C
Yeah, I need you to help me tie my shoes

        G
Yeah, I need you to come keep me amused

        D
From my cave to my grave

  C                             G
I guess I'll always be a child
[Verse 4]
        G
Well, I need you to help me reach the door

      G
And I need you to walk me to the store

      C
And I need you to please explain the war

      G
And I need you to heal me when I'm sore

        D
You can tell by my smile

C                    G
   That I'm a child
[Verse 5]
      G
And I need you to sit me on your lap

      G
And I need you to make me take my nap

                C
Could you first pull out a book, and read me some of that?

        G
Cause I need you to make me take my nap
D C G [Verse 6]
      G
And I need you to recognize my friends

              G
Cause they're there even though you don't see them

               C
They got their own chair, a plate, and a seat

           G
You know I won't touch my food unless they eat

         D
From the roof, to the floor

         C                             G
I crawl around some more, I'm a child
[Verse 7]
      G
And I need you to help me blow my nose

      G
And I need you to help me count my toes

      C
And I need you to help me put on my clothes

      G
And I need you to hide it when it shows

           D
From being my daddy's sperm

         C                              G
To being packed in an urn, I'm a child
[Verse 8]
           G
And when I steal, you gotta smack me 'til I cry

          G
Don't you stop 'til all the tears run dry

           C
See, I was born thinking all under the sky

         G
Didn't belong to a couple old white guys

             D
From sucking on my mama's breast

             D                                 G
To when they lay my soul to rest, I'm a child
[Outro]
      G7
Well, I'm a little child

    C7           G7
Oh, I'm a little child

D7                  C7
I guess I'll always be

  G7
A little child