Neil Young – I Am A Child (Guitar Tab)

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Most of this version of the song I pillaged from Jeff Monkman in his Youtube cover
[Intro]
   Dmaj7                 Em/D            D
e|----5--7p5--5--5--5----3--x--3--x--3------2--3p2--2--2--2--2---|
B|----7-------7--7--7----5--x--5--x--5------3--3----3--3--3--3---|
G|----6-------6--6--6----4--x--4--x--4------2--2----2--2--2--2---|
D|-0--0-------0--0--0----0--x--0--x--0---0--0--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

   G                      D
e|----3--3--3-------------2--2--2--3p2--2--2--2--2---|
B|----3--3--3-------------3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3---|
G|----0--0--0-------------2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2---|  x2
D|----0--0--0-------0h2------------------------------|
A|----2--2--2--0h2-----------------------------------|
E|-3--3--3--3----------------------------------------|

                                 *C to Am chord change*
 Dm     *C*                 e|--0-----0----------------------|
I am a child,               B|--1-----1----------------------|
                            G|--0-----2----------------------|
 Am          F              D|--2-----2----------------------|
I'll last a while.          A|--3--2-------------------------|
                            E|-------------------------------|

 Dm            F
You can't conceive
                                      *played off of Em chord*
        C               *Em*        D|-------0h2--------------|
of the pleasure in my smile.        A|--0h2-------------------|
Dm *C* You hold my hand, Am F rough up my hair, Dm Dm7 It's lots of fun D to have you there. Dmaj7 I gave to you, Em/D D now, you give to me, G I'd like to know D what you learned. Dmaj7 The sky is blue Em/D D and so is the sea. Am7 What is the color, C when black is burned? Am7 D What is the color? Ends on D I came up with a cool picking for the end D, here it is if you want to use it
e|-----3--------------------------------|
B|-----3--3-----3-----------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------------------------|
D|--0--0-----------0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|