C 
When I... When I was a boy 
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I was careless and I was foolish and I treated life as if it were a toy 
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Yeah I was careless and I was foolish and I treated life as if it were a little baby's toy 
       G 
Oh boy oh boy 

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When I... When I was a man 
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I shoveled off my boyish ways and set about to learn the best I can 
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But all the wicked ways of this old world were just so hard to understand 
           G 
Oh man oh man 

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But if you're stepping hard you're bound to make some noise 
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And if you're cryin' well then I hope you're overjoyed 
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And if you're lacking let me give you what I have 
                     G 
'Cause I've got your back 
            C 
On a common path 

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C 
When I... When I was in love 
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I would count my blessings daily as it seemed they fell upon me from above 
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But somehow time had tricked me to believing that it just wasn't enough 
                    G 
And I fucked it up 

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But if you're stepping hard you're bound to make some noise 
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And if you're cryin' well then I hope you're overjoyed 
              F              G               Am 
And if you're lacking let me give you what I have 
                          G 
'Cause I've got your back 
             F     C 
And I always have  

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