[email protected] 21st January 2001, 6.59pm SPEAK LIKE A CHILD by THE STYLE COUNCIL Written by Paul Weller Chords used: A: x02220 Dmaj7: xx0222 F#m: 244222 C#aug: xx3221 Bm: x24432 F: 133211 E: 022100 A F#m (x2) A F#m Your hair hangs in golden steps A F#m You're a bonafide in every respect A F#m You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you A F#m You believe you're above it and I don't really blame you A F#m Maybe that's why you speak like a child; A F#m The things you're saying like "I'm so free and so wild" Bm F#m And I believe it when you look in my eyes; Bm F#m You offer me a life that never lies F E Least only the kind to make me smile A F#m Your clothes are clean and your mind is productive A F#m It shops in store where only the best buy A F#m You're cool and hard, and if I sound like a lecher A F#m It's probably true, but at least there's no lecture A F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m The crazy sayings like "I'm so free and so wild" Bm F#m You have to make a bargain with me now Bm F#m A promise that you won't change somehow F E No way, no how Dmaj7 E Spent all day thinking about you Dmaj7 E Spent all night coming to terms with it Dmaj7 C#aug Time and conditions are built to tame F#m F Nothing lasts with age, so people say E A But I will always try to feel the same F#m A F#m (x3) Bm F#m (x2) F E Dmaj7 E Spent all day thinking about you Dmaj7 E Spent all night coming to terms with it Dmaj7 C#aug Time and conditions are built to tame F#m F Nothing lasts with age, so people say E A But I will always try to feel the same F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m The way you hate the homely rank and the file A F#m The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild A F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m I really like it when you speak like a child A F#m A The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild F#m A F#m (to fade)
