Pretenders – Kid (Guitar)

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Song: Kid Artist: The Pretenders Composer: Chrissie Hynde Album: The Isle of View Tabbed by DJ 27th Dec 2012 I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. C = x32010 Cmaj7 = x35500 E = 022100 C/B = x2x010 Asus2 = x02200 E/D# = xx1100 Am = x02210 Cmaj7/G = 332000 C#m7 = x42400 Am/G = 302210 G7sus4 = 353533 C#m7/B = x2212x F = 133211 G7 = 353433 F#m7 = 242222 Gsus4 = 355533 A = 577655 F#m7/B = x22222 G = 355433 Emaj7 = 779897 B = 799877 ^ = Emphasise the beats Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]
   C     C C/B  Am  Am Am/G F            Gsus4 G
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   C     C C/B  Am  Am Am/G F            Gsus4 G
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[Verse 1]
C                  C/B  Am
Kid,  what changed your mood?

Am/G         F                Gsus4  G
      You've gone all sad, so I feel sad too,

C           C/B Am
I  ...think I   know...

Am/G  F             G             Cmaj7
Some  things ...you never outgrow------,

                    Asus2              Cmaj7/G    F
You think it's wrong------, I can tell you    do----,

                  G7sus4    G7
How can I explain-------?   You don't want me to!
[Break]
    C     C C/B  Am  Am Am/G F           Gsus4 G
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[Verse 2]
C            C/B  Am   Am/G      F
Kid, my on - ly   kid,    ...you look so small,

       Gsus4   G      C         C/B  Am    Am/G
You've gone so quiet, I ...know you  know...

     F             G               Cmaj7
What I'm about,  I won't deny it--------,

               Asus2                  Cmaj7/G     F
But you forgive-----, though you don't understand---,

                      G7sus4         G7
You've turned you head------, you've dropped my hand
[Bridge]
A  A        G *  F        A  A      G *  F
^  ^    All my   sorrow,  ^  ^  all my   blues,

A  A        G *  F                     G
^  ^    All my   sorrow----,  oh-----, oh------!
[Break]
  E       E/D# C#m        C#m/B A         B
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  E       E/D# C#m        C#m/B A         B
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Emaj7                  C#m7           A
      "Shut the light------, go away-----!",

                   F#m7             B
Full of grace, you cover your face-----!
[Verse 6]
E           E/D#  C#m  C#m/B A
Kid,  gra - cious kid, your  eyes are blue,

              B
But you won't cry,

  E            E/D# C#m       C#m/B A
I know ...an - gry  tears are too   dear,

B                  Emaj7
You won't let them go
[Coda]
         E/D#  C#m7            F#m7/B  A
Oh, oh - oh,   oh!    Oh, oh - oh,     oh!

              F#m7    B              E
Oh, oh - oh,  oh!  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  ||
===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below ten of the diagrams. The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab C/B C#m7 G7sus4 G7 F#m7 <12 of 15> <2 of 37> <4 of 21> <6 of 41> <3 of 33> C#m7/B Gsus4 A B G <7 of 15> <3 of 20> <4 of 23> <2 of 16> <4 of 27> - Quote from Chrissie Hynde "'Kid' is a song about a woman who is on the game to pay her way through life. It wasn't her first choice, but a sobering reality. She is saddened when her child finds out what she does to pay the bills."