A Good Childhood

C G B7 Em


[Chorus]
C                                 
I wish that I could say, "I had a 
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good childhood"
   B7                             
I guess I've got some memories of 
Em
running through the woods, and I
C                             G
Believe I even built myself a tree 
house
   B7                             
But I can't find a photo where I'm 
Em
smiling with my teeth out
  C                                
I wish I'd listened more to what my
 G
 grandpa said
   B7                            
But I guess I got the gist of it, 
       Em                          
'cause now and then I hear him in 
   C
my head
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And what he says is I should aim 
high
     B7                   Em  
That 99 percent of people never 
                           C
really live before they-
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Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
    Em                 D     
Be so much better with my best 
  C
friend
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
   Em                  D
Be so much better with you


[Verse 1]
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I wish I had another shot to grow up
    B7                         
But have you living next to me, 
       Em                 D
that's probably how it's supposed to
 be
    C                         
But then I chose some folks in 
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Minnesota
       B7                      
Born into a quirky family, that 
 Em                  D
tried their best to manage me
    C                            G
But I was always running from my own
 love
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   B7                         
Or running from authorities, I 
 Em              D               C
really could've used your company
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On my street
     B7              Em
We'd sure be hard to beat


[Chorus]
C                                 
I wish that I could say, "I had a 
G
good childhood"
   B7                             
I guess I've got some memories of 
Em
running through the woods, and I
C                             G
Believe I even built myself a tree 
house
   B7                             
But I can't find a photo where I'm 
Em
smiling with my teeth out
  C                                
I wish I'd listened more to what my
 G
 grandpa said
   B7                            
But I guess I got the gist of it, 
       Em              D          
'cause now and then I hear him in 
    C
my head
                             G
And what he says is I should aim 
high
     B7                   Em  
That 99 percent of people never 
         D                C
really live before they die
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
    Em                 D     
Be so much better with my best 
  C
friend
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
   Em                  D
Be so much better with you


[Verse 2]
  C                          G
Was it heaven or hell? It gets 
harder to tell
    B7                       
But I guess I was living them 
 Em       D
bo-o-oth
       C                        
Beauty, breaking my heart, being 
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scared of the dark
      B7                          
Being scared to grow up, 'cause I 
Em            D        C
would have to leave my mom
       G                      B7   
I just wish that I'd had you along
Em



[Chorus]
C                                 
I wish that I could say, "I had a 
G
good childhood"
   B7                             
I guess I've got some memories of 
Em
running through the woods, and I
C                             G
Believe I even built myself a tree 
house
   B7                             
But I can't find a photo where I'm 
Em
smiling with my teeth out
  C                                
I wish I'd listened more to what my
 G
 grandpa said (grandpa said)
   B7                            
But I guess I got the gist of it, 
       Em              D          
'cause now and then I hear him in 
    C
my head
                             G
And what he says is I should aim 
high (I should aim high)
     B7                   Em  
That 99 percent of people never 
         D                C
really live before they die
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
    Em                 D     
Be so much better with my best 
  C
friend
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
   Em                  D     
Be so much better with my best 
  C
friend
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
   Em                  D     
Be so much better with my best 
  C
friend (my best friend)
             G                    
Wish I could do it all again, but 
B7
meet you when I'm ten
      Em               G
Be so much better with you