Song: Kid (Acoustic)
Artist: The Pretenders
Composer: Chrissie Hynde
Albums: The Isle of View
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
27th Dec 2012
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes
shown below:
C = x32010 Cmaj7 = x35500 E = 022100
C/B = x2x010 Am9 = x05500 E/D# = xx1xxx
Am = x02210 Cmaj7/G = 332000 C#m7 = x46600
Am/G = 302210 G7sus4 = 330011 C#m7/B = x2xxxx
F = 133211 G7 = 320001 F#m7 = 242222
G4 = 320013 A = 577655 B = xx4447
G = 320003 G * = 355433
^ = Emphasise the beats
The E/D# and C#m7/B are played as passing bass notes
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[Intro]
C C C/B Am Am Am/G F G4 G
| / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / / |
C C C/B Am Am Am/G F G4 G
| / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am
Kid, what changed your mood?
Am/G F G4 G
You've gone all sad, so I feel sad too,
C C/B Am Am/G F G Cmaj7
I ...think I know ...some things ...you never outgrow-----!
[Verse 2]
Am9 Cmaj7/G F
You think it's wrong-------, I can tell you do------,
G7sus4 G7
How can I explain-------? You don't want me to!
[Break]
C C C/B Am Am Am/G F G4 G
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[Verse 3]
C C/B Am Am/G F G4 G
Kid, my on - ly kid, you look so small, you've gone so quiet,
C C/B Am Am/G F G Cmaj7
I ...know you know ...what I'm about, I won't deny it--------!
[Verse 4]
Am9 Cmaj7/G F
But you forgive------, though you don't under - stand------,
G7sus4 G7
You've turned you head--------, you've dropped my hand!
[Bridge]
A A G * F A A G * F
^ ^ All my sorrow, ^ ^ all my blues,
A A G * F G
^ ^ All my sorrow----, oh-----, oh------!
[Instumental break]
E E E/D# C#m7 C#m7 C#m7/B A B
| / / / /___/ | / / / /___/ | / / / / | / / / / |
E E E/D# C#m7 C#m7 C#m7/B A B
| / / / /___/ | / / / /___/ | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
E C#m7 A
"Shut the light--------, ...go away------!",
F#m7 B
Full of grace, you cover your face------!
[Verse 6]
E E/D# C#m7 C#m7/B A B
Kid, pre - cious kid, your eyes are blue, but you won't cry,
E E/D# C#m7 C#m7/B A B E
I know...an - gry tears are too dear, you won't let them go!
[Coda]
E/D# C#m7 C#m7/B A
Oh, oh - oh, oh---, oh, oh - oh, oh,
F#m7 B E
Oh, oh -oh, oh----! | / / / / | / ||
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"'Kid' is a song about a woman who is on the game to pay her way
through life. It wasn't her first choice, but a sobering reality.
She is saddened when her child finds out what she does to pay
the bills." - Quote from Chrissie Hynde
