These aren't the exact chords Trixie uses (in the performance I watched to get the chords it's
hard to tell whether the capo is on 2 or 3) but they're easy to play and sound alright.
[Intro]
G C G Am D C G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Little boy's supposed to do what he's told
G C G
Little girl's supposed to polish her toes
F C G
Maybe they're together when they're older and they're all grown out
G C G
Daddy's supposed to put bread on the table
G C G
Daddy's gone and your mama ain't able
F C G
Are you hungry when the money's all run out?
[Chorus]
D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Am
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think that you're growing
G
But you're just tall
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Am D C G
G C G Am D C G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
G C G
A really pretty girl in a really small town
G C G
Easy to believe you that you never settle down
F C G
Mama told your mama just the same not long ago
G C G
You want a baby, the same as your friends
G C G
Ring will find your finger, and your story will end
F C G
You'll be lookin' 'round, wonder where did the time go?
[Chorus]
D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Am
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think that you're growing
G
But you're just tall
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Am D C G
G C G Am D C G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bridge]
Am D
Woah-oh
Am Em C
Don't you think I'd know
Am Em G
There never was a red light in our town
Am D
Woah-oh
Am F C
I hate to say I told you so
Am G
But you gotta go right now
[Chorus]
D7
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D7
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Am
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think that you're growing
G
But you're just tall
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Am D C G
G C G Am D C G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G C G Am D C G
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
G C G Am D C G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh