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I Thought I Was A Child Tab

by Jackson Browne


I thought I was a child – Jackson Browne  (Album: For Everyman)
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Intro:
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It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery
                                                      
As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free
                                       
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
                                                        
I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing
                                     
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes
                    (11)   
Surprise!


                         
I've spent my whole life running 'round
                  
Chasing songs from town to town
                                                    
Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down
                                     
So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled
                   
By now I should have long been gone
                           
But here I am still looking on
                                 
As if I didn't know which way to run

Solo:
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It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
                                                    
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
                                       
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
                                                       
I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time
                              
Alone within the boundaries of my mind

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I thought I was a child