Latchkey Kids Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

Latchkey Kids by Family Of The Year is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, C/B, D, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
C G Am (4x) 

verse 1 
G 
 Growing up without a dime 
        C  C/B  Am 
It was so damn fun 
G 
 Mom worked overtime 
     C  C/B  Am 
And Dad was gone 
D                     Am 
 And I know it's not easy 
D                    Am 
 Now I know I'm not easy 

verse 2 
G 
 Ride around the neighborhood 
        C  C/B  Am 
With my older friends 
G 
 Go to sleep whenever I want 
     C  C/B  Am 
And burn it down 
D                     Am 
 Oh, I know I wasn't easy 
D                     Am 
 Now I know I wasn't easy 

Pre-Chorus 
C                        Bm 
 I don't blame you for things we never did 
         Am 
Or bad things I've done 
C                        Bm 
 I don't blame you for things we never did 
         Am 
Or bad things I've done 
 
Em 
  She was lost 
G 
  He was gone 
Bm 
  It was right 
C 
I could do whatever I wanted 
G 
  He was lost 
D 
  She was gone 
C 
  It's alright 
C                      Em 
I could be whatever I wanted 

Post-Chorus 
Em G            Bm 
    Whenever I wanted 
C               G 
    Whatever I wanted 
D               C 
    Whenever I wanted 

C G Am  (2x) 

verse 3 
G 
 We never had the nicest things 
        C    C/B    Am 
But we sure looked good 
G 
 I can make anything feel 
         C      C/B      Am 
So much better than it should 
D                     Am 
 Oh, I know I wasn't easy 
D                     Am 
 Now I know I wasn't easy 

Pre-Chorus 
C                        Bm 
 I don't blame you for things we never did 
         Am 
Or bad things I've done 
C                        Bm 
 I don't blame you for things we never did 
         Am 
Or bad things I've done 

Em 
  She was lost 
G 
  He was gone 
Bm 
  It was right 
C 
I could do whatever I wanted 
G 
  He was lost 
D 
  She was gone 
C 
  It's alright 
C                      Em 
I could be whatever I wanted 

Post-Chorus 
Em G            Bm 
    Whenever I wanted 
C               G 
    Whatever I wanted 
D               C 
    Whenever I wanted 

C G Am 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante