When I Was A Boy Chords & Lyrics Artist: The Who

INTRO
C  C7  F  Fm
C  G   C
 
 
VERSE 1
C            F
When I was a baby
         Bb          C
I had no care in the world
    Bb    F      Bb      F       C
But now, I'm a man and troubles fill my head
C          F            Bb         C
When I was five, it was good to be alive
    Bb  F     Bb      F       Bb
But now I'm a man I wish that I were dead
 
 
PRE CHORUS
D      Bb          F    Fadd4 F
My how time rushes by
   Eb                       F          Fadd4 F
The moment you're born you start to die
       D   Bb         F
'cause time waits for no man
         Eb          F
And your lifespan is over before it began
 
 
CHORUS
Bb     Bb7            Eb
  As I sit here at my window
              Ebm
My life comes back to me
             Gm              F
It's been so long since the good days
             C
It's been so long
 
Bb      Bb7              Eb
  And I count up all the wasted years
                  Ebm
The hopes and the fears, the laughs and the tears
       Gm       F                          C
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong
 
 
VERSE 2
C            F
When I was a boy
          Bb        C
I had the mind of a boy
    Bb  F     Bb   F            C
But now I'm a man, ain't got no mind at all
C                F       Bb              C
When I was in my teens I had my share of dreams
    Bb  F     Bb   F            C
But now I'm a man, ain't got no dreams at all
 
 
PRE CHORUS 2
D      Bb          F    Fadd4 F
My how time rushes by
   Eb                       F          Fadd4 F
The moment you're born you start to die
       D   Bb         F
'cause time waits for no man
         Eb          F
And your lifespan is over before it began
 
 
CHORUS 2
Bb     Bb7            Eb
  As I sit here at my window
              Ebm
My life comes back to me
             Gm              F
It's been so long since the good days
             C
It's been so long
 
Bb      Bb7              Eb
  And I count up all the wasted years
                  Ebm
The hopes and the fears, the laughs and the tears
       Gm       F                          C
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong...