Peter Paul And Mary – The Kid chords

Intro: G, D, C, D, G, D, Em, C


G       D       Em       CI'm the kid who ran away with the circus

G       D         C   DNow I'm wandering elephants

G     D         Em           CBut I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust

G             D      C       Ddreaming high in the suit of light


Em                   CLate at night in the empty big top on

Em               C                       I'm alone on the high wire 

Em                A7look he's working without a net this time

D                 C  Dhe's a real death defyer


G       D       Em            CI'm the kid who always looked out the windows

G       D        C   Dfailing tests in geography

G        D           Em                CBut I've seen things far beyond across the school yard

G        D         C      Ddistance shorts of exotic lands


Em                 CThere's the spires of the turkish empire

Em               Csix months sweet we made the land fall

Em                  A7riding low with the spices of India

D                       C  DThrough Japan were rich in all


G       D       Em               CI'm the kid who who thought we'd someday be lovers

G           D        C        D           always held out that the time we tell

G        D       Em       C     time was talking guess, I wasn't listening

G           D      C       DNo surprise if you know me well


Em                        Cas we are walking through toward the train station

Em        Cthere's a whispering rainfall

Em                   A7across the boulevard you slip your hand in mine

D                   C     Din the distance the train calls


G       D       Em            CI'm the kid who has the habit of dreaming

G         D       C          DSometimes gets me in trouble too

G       D        Em           CBut the truth is I could stop no more from dreaming

G            D         C        Dthen I could make them all come true