When I Was A Baby
New PornographersVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
C --x-3-2-0-1-0--|
G --3-2-0-0-0-3--|
Am --x-0-2-2-1-0--|
Fsus4 --x-3-3-2-1-0--|
Em/Badd6 --x-2-0-0-1-0--|
when I was baby I looked like a pig
my nose a snout and my ears were too big
my mother would poke at the hole
at the back of my head where my brain was exposed
I didn't know it then but never again
would recapture those wonderful days
When I was a baby I fell down a well
I landed deep down in the furnace of hell
the devil would rock me to sleep
with stories of cities of ivory and gold
it took a long, long time before I could
escape from that terrible hole
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when I was a baby I lived in a crib
I crawled on floors and ate with a bib
but then I was taken away
and was sold to the circus for trinkets and beads
now I lie awake at night and dream about
what I would do if I was ever set free
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Readable chord sheet for When I Was A Baby by New Pornographers
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] C --x-3-2-0-1-0--| G --3-2-0-0-0-3--| Am --x-0-2-2-1-0--| Fsus4 --x-3-3-2-1-0--| Em/Badd6 --x-2-0-0-1-0--| when [C]I was b[G]aby I l[Am]ooked like a p[Fsus4]ig my n[C]ose a sn[G]out and my e[Am]ars were too b[Fsus4]ig my m[G]other would poke at the h[C]ol[Em]e [Badd6] [Am] at the b[G]ack of my h[Fsus4]ead where my brain was exp[G]osed I didn't kn[C]ow it t[Em]hen[Badd6] but n[Am]ever ag[G]ain would reca[Fsus4]pture those w[G]onderful d[C]ays[G] [Am] [G] [Fsus4] [G] When [C]I was a b[G]aby I f[Am]ell down a w[Fsus4]ell I l[C]anded deep d[G]own in the f[Am]urnace of h[Fsus4]ell the d[G]evil would rock me to sle[C]ep[Em] [Badd6] [Am] with st[G]ories of cit[Fsus4]ies of ivory and g[G]old it took a l[C]ong, l[Em]ong[Badd6] time [Am]before [G]I could esc[Fsus4]ape from that t[G]errible h[C]ol[G]e [Am] [G] [Fsus4] [G] [[C] [G] [Am] [G] [Fsus4] [G] ] when [C]I was a b[G]aby I l[Am]ived in a cr[Fsus4]ib I cra[C]wled on fl[G]oors and a[Am]te with a b[Fsus4]ib but t[G]hen I was taken a[C]wa[Em]y [Badd6] [Am] and was s[G]old to the c[Fsus4]ircus for trinkets and be[G]ads now I lie a[C]wake a[Em]t n[Badd6]ight and dre[Am]am about wh[G]at I would d[Fsus4]o if I was [G]ever set fr[C]ee[G] [Am] [G] [Fsus4] [G] [[C] [G] [Am] [G] [Fsus4] [G] ] [Ends with C]