Artist: The Pretenders
Song: Kid
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Dec 2012
Tuning:Standard
"'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."
- Chrissie Hynde
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C C/B Am Am/G F Gsus4 G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice)
C C/B Am Am/G F Gsus4 G
Kid, what changed your mood? You've gone all sad, so I feel sad too,
C C/B Am Am/G F G
I... think I know... some things... you never outgrow!
Cmaj7 Am9
You think it's wrong------, I can tell do,
F G7sus4 G7
How can I explain? You don't want me to!
C C/B Am Am/G F Gsus4 G
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C C/B Am Am/G F Gsus4 G
Kid, my only kid, you look so small, you've gone so quiet,
C C/B Am Am/G F G
I... know you know... what I'm about, I won't deny it!
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Cmaj7 Am9
But you forgive------, though you don't understand,
F G7sus4 G7
You've turned you head, you've dropped my hand!
A A G F A A G F A A G F G
^ ^ All my sorrow---, ^ ^ all my blues-----, ^ ^ all my sorrow--- oh, oh!
E C#m A B
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice)
E C#m A F#m7 B7
"Shut the light, go away!", full of grace, you cover your face------!
E C#m A B
Kid, gracious kid, your eyes are blue, but you won't cry,
E C#m A B Emaj7
I know... angry tears are too dear, you won't let them go---!
C#m7 A F#m7 B7 E
Oh, oh - oh, oh---! Oh, oh - oh, oh---! Oh, oh -oh, oh---! | / / / / | / ||
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C = x32010 Cmaj7 = x32000 B = x24442
C/B = x2x010 Am9 = x02200 Emaj7 = 021100
Am = x02210 G7sus4 = 3x0011 C#m7 = x46454
Am/G = 302210 G7 = 320001 F#m7 = 242222
F = 133211 A = x02220 B7 = x21202
Gsus4 = 320013 E = 022100
G = 320003 C#m = x46654
