If I Ever Was A Child Chords
by Wilco
If I Ever Was A Child by Wilco is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, Am, G, Em, Gm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D
verse 1
D Am
I've never been alone
G
Long enough to know
D
If I ever was a child
D Am
I was tied up like a boat
G
On a button like a coat
D
Set free for a while
Em Gm
I'd jump to jolt my clumsy blood
D A
While my white, green eyes
verse 2
D Am
Cry like a window pane
G
Can my cold heart change
D
Even out of spite?
Solo
D Am G D
Em Gm D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
A
It never fades
Em Gm A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take
verse 3
D Am
And I cry like a window pane
G
Can my cold heart change
D
Over night?
D Am
So I won't ever want to touch
G
Your heart too much
D
Or hold you too tight
Em Gm D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
A
I'll never fade
Em Gm A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take
Coda
D Am
I never was alone
G
Long enough to know
D
If I ever was a child