A Good Childhood

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[Chorus]
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I wish that I could say, "I had a good childhood"
   B7                             Em
I guess I've got some memories of running through the woods, and I
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Believe I even built myself a tree house
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But I can't find a photo where I'm smiling with my teeth out
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I wish I'd listened more to what my grandpa said
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But I guess I got the gist of it, 'cause now and then I hear him in my head
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And what he says is I should aim high
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That 99 percent of people never really live before they-
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Wish I could do it all again, but meet you when I'm ten
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Be so much better with my best friend
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Wish I could do it all again, but 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
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But have you living next to me, that's probably how it's supposed to be
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But then I chose some folks in Minnesota
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Born into a quirky family, that tried their best to manage me
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But I was always running from my own love
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Or running from authorities, I really could've used your company
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On my street
     B7              Em
We'd sure be hard to beat


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


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


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