The Kid
Peter, Paul & MaryVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
Now I'm wandering elephants
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
dreaming high in the suit of light
Late at night in the empty big top on
I'm alone on the high wire
look he's working without a net this time
he's a real death defyer
I'm the kid who always looked out the windows
failing tests in geography
But I've seen things far beyond across the school yard
distance shorts of exotic lands
There's the spires of the turkish empire
six months sweet we made the land fall
riding low with the spices of India
Through Japan were rich in all
I'm the kid who who thought we'd someday be lovers
always held out that the time we tell
time was talking guess, I wasn't listening
No surprise if you know me well
as we are walking through toward the train station
there's a whispering rainfall
across the boulevard you slip your hand in mine
in the distance the train calls
I'm the kid who has the habit of dreaming
Sometimes gets me in trouble too
But the truth is I could stop no more from dreaming
then I could make them all come true
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Readable chord sheet for The Kid by Peter, Paul & Mary
[G] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]I'm the [D]kid who [Em]ran away [C]with the circus [G]Now I'm [D]wandering [C]elep[D]hants [G]But I [D]sometimes [Em]lie awake in [C]the sawdust [G]dreaming high [D]in the [C]suit of [D]light [Em]Late at night in the [C]empty big top on [Em]I'm alone on the [C]high wire [Em]look he's working [A7]without a net this time [D]he's a real death [C]def[D]yer [G]I'm the [D]kid who [Em]always looked [C]out the windows [G]failing [D]tests in [C]geog[D]raphy [G]But I've [D]seen things [Em]far beyond across [C]the school yard [G]distance [D]shorts of [C]exotic [D]lands [Em]There's the spires [C]of the turkish empire [Em]six months sweet [C]we made the land fall [Em]riding low with the [A7]spices of India [D]Through Japan were rich [C]in [D]all [G]I'm the [D]kid who [Em]who thought we'd [C]someday be lovers [G]always held [D]out that [C]the time [D]we tell [G]time was [D]talking [Em]guess, I [C]wasn't listening [G]No surprise [D]if you [C]know me [D]well [Em]as we are walking through [C]toward the train station [Em]there's a [C]whispering rainfall [Em]across the boulevard [A7]you slip your hand in mine [D]in the distance the [C]train [D]calls [G]I'm the [D]kid who [Em]has the habit [C]of dreaming [G]Sometimes [D]gets me [C]in trouble [D]too [G]But the [D]truth is [Em]I could stop [C]no more from dreaming [G]then I could [D]make them [C]all come [D]true