Key: D
Introduction:
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verse 1
A
When I'm five
G D D4
I will wash my face and hands all by myself
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A
When I'm five
G D C
I will chew and spit tobacco like my grandfather jones
G D D4
'cause I'm only four and five is far away
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verse 2
A
When I'm five
G D D4
I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer
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A
When I'm five
G D C
I will walk behind the soldiers in the may day parade
G D D4
'cause I'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast
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BRIDGE
G C G C
Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause Raymond kicked my shin
G C G C
And mummy says if I am good, she'll let me go to school in august
A D A D
Daddy shouted loud at mummy and I dropped my toast at breakfast
A D A D
And I laughed when bonzo licked my face, because it tickled
A G D D4
I wonder why my daddy cries and how I wish that I was nearly five
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verse 3
A
When I'm five
G D D4
I will catch a butterfly and eat it and I won't be sick
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A
When I'm five
G D C
I will jump in puddles, laugh in church and marry my mum
G D D4
And I'll let my daddy do the washing-up
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BRIDGE
G C G C
If I close one eye, the people on that side can't see me
G C G C
I get headaches in the morning and I rode on freddie's triclycle
A D A D
And everywhere was funny, when I ran down to the sweetshop
A D A D
Then I fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me
A G D D4
I saw a photograph of jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five
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A G D D4
I saw a photograph of jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five
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OUTRO
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When I'm five
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When I'm five
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D
When I'm oah