Neil Young – I Am A Child (Guitar Intro)

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[Chords] Dmaj7 x x 0 6 7 5 (in the chorus it can also be played like this x x 0 2 2 2 ) Em7/D x x 0 4 5 3 (in the chorus it can also be played like this 0 2 0 0 0 0 ) Fsus2 x x 3 0 1 1 C6sus2 x 3 0 2 1 x [Intro]
   Dmaj7               Em7/D        D
e|--0h5-5-5-0-5-7-5-0-5-0h3-3-3-0-0-0h2-3-0-3-|
B|--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-3---2-2-2-|
G|--6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4---4-4-4-4-2---3-3-3-|
D|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

  G                        D
e|---3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3---0h3-3-3--0-3--|
B|---3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3---2---2-2--2-2--|
G|---0-0-----0-0-0h2-2-2-0---3---3-3--3-3--|
D|---0-0-0h2-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0--0-0--|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm      C     C/B Am          Am/G F
 I am a child,      I'll last a    while.

Dm            F     Fsus2  C           C6sus2 Em
 You can't conceive of the pleasure in my     smile.

Dm           C    C/B Am         Am/G  F
 You hold my hand,      rough up my    hair,

Dm            Dm7             D      Dsus2 D
 It's lots of fun to have you there.
[Chorus]
Dmaj7               Em7/D       D  Dsus2 D
 I gave to you, now you give to me,

G                             D       Dsus2 D
 I'd like to know what you've learned.

Dmaj7                Em7/D     D   Dsus2 D
 The sky is blue and so is the sea.

Am7                C/B C                     C/B
 What is the color,     when black is burned?

Am7                 D   Dsus2 D
 What is the color?
[Verse 2]
Dm         C   C/B Am     Am/G F
 You are a man,       you understand.

Dm           F  Fsus2   C           C6sus2 Em
 You pick me up and you lay me down a------gain.

Dm            C    C/B Am         Am/G   F
 You make the rules,      you say what's fair,

Dm            Dm7             D      Dsus2 D
 It's lots of fun to have you there.
[Chorus]
Dmaj7               Em7/D       D  Dsus2 D
 I gave to you, now you give to me,

G                             D       Dsus2 D
 I'd like to know what you've learned.

Dmaj7                Em7/D     D   Dsus2 D
 The sky is blue and so is the sea.

Am7                C/B C                     C/B
 What is the color,     when black is burned?

Am7                 D   Dsus2 D
 What is the color?
[Instrumental]
Dmaj7  Em7/D   D   G   D
(to be played as done for the intro)
[Outro]
Dm      C     C/B Am          Am/G F
 I am a child,      I'll last a    while.

Dm            F     Fsus2  C           C6sus2 Em7
 You can't conceive of the pleasure in my     smile.
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