The Proclaimers – Your Childhood (Guitar)

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[Intro] C G C G [Verse 1]
C
From birth to five, you're learning

Am
From five to ten, you're playing

Dm
By the time you're fifteen

G
You're never wrong

Dm
But then you turn around

G                  C
And it's all gone, your childhood

C
Now daddy knows what he's saying

Am
You're in my arms and I'm praying

Dm                     G
That I'll be given the strength and time

  Dm                  G
To make yours just as happy as mine

C
Your childhood
[Verse 2]
C
 Every morning
Your crying ends my sleep
Am
 I kid on I'm angry

                       Dm
But it's not a feeling I can keep

F
 There's no light outside

                     G
I don't care 'cause I know it's true
That in our house
   C                   C7
The sun shines out of you
[Verse 3]
            F
Well you've got your mother's looks
Your're a beautiful little girl
       Dm
You'll break boys hearts
All over this world
     G
Then one day you'll walk out the door

                  C
And I know you'll break mine

       G
You'll break mine
[Verse 4]
C
From birth to five, you're learning

Am
From five to ten, you're playing

       Dm                         G
By the time you're fifteen you're never wrong

         Dm              G
Then you turn around and it's all gone

    C            G
Your childhood
[Solo] C Am Dm G Dm G C C7 [Verse 5]
F
 So you're trying to talk
Any day now you'll walk
C
 You'll be running around
Make me act like a clown
Dm                  C
 'cause I live and I breathe

             G
For my little girl

          G
Our little girl

          G
The most important thing is this whole wide world
[Verse 6]
    C
Now daddy know what he's saying

     Am
Your in my arms and I'm praying

     Dm                G
That I'll be given the strength an time

   Dm                 G
To make yours just as happy as mine

   C
Your childhood

  F
(Your Childhood)

  C
Your Childhood

  F
(Your Childhood)

  C
Your Childhood

  F
(Your Childhood)
C F C F Dm G C