Key: C
Introduction:
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-VERSE-
C F G C
When I was 10 years old I always needed to be told
F G C
That I should not be frightened by the fact that we grow old
Am F G C
But as the days slipped by I felt the pressing need to cry
Am F G C
And I quickly understood exactly why they'd had to lie
C F G C
In the daylight I could cope, because the sun seemed full of hope
F G C
I laughed enough for two grown men and learnt I could tell jokes
Am F G C
But sadness has a subtle face and then it came to gloat
Am F G C
We heard about the girl and boy hung by their skipping rope
Am G C
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Am G C
Doesn't it bring you to your knees?
Am G F C
And all I want to do
Am G C
is to float with the river so free.
Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists