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|--------------------------------------|