Joe Bethancourt – When I Was A Boy chords

[Verse 1]
F                       CWhen I was a boy our Nintendo
    F                        CWas carved from an old Apple tree
       F                      CAnd we used garden hose to connect it
       D                    GTo our steam-powered color tv.
       F                         CBut it still beat that ancient Atari
       F                           C'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know,
        F                      CPlaying Breakout and Pong on a video game
       D           GHooked up to the radio.

[Chorus]
       F                          CAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
F                     CBarefoot, uphill both ways,
F                           CThrough blizzards in summer and winter
D                    GBack in the good old days.
 F                             CBack when Fortran was not even Three-tran
F                     CAnd the PC was only a toy
       F                    CAnd we did our computing by gaslight
D            GWhen I was a boy.

[Verse 2]
F                        CWhen I was a boy all our networks
         F                        CWere for hauling in fish from the sea--
    F                           COur bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!),
        D                   GAnd our IP address was just 3.
        F                                     CAnd you kids who complain that the World Wide Web
            F                    CIs too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin',
          F                 C'Cuz when I was a boy every packet
    D                    GWas delivered by carrier pigeon


[Chorus]
F                                 CAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
F                     CBarefoot, uphill both ways,
F                           CThrough blizzards in summer and winter
D                    GBack in the good old days.
          F                    CBack when Fortran was not even Two-tran
        F                    CAnd the mainframe was only a toy
       F                    CAnd we did our computing by torchlight
D            GWhen I was a boy.

[Verse 3]
F                     CWhen I was a boy our IS shop
      F                 CBuilt relational tables from wood,
       F                     CAnd we wrappered our data in oilcloth
   D                            GTo preserve it the best that we could.
       F                     CAnd we carried our bits in a bucket,
        F                 CAnd our mainframe weighed 900 tons,
        F                        CAnd we programmed in ones and in zeros
    D                       GAnd sometimes we ran out of ones.

[Chorus]
F                                 CAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
F                     CBarefoot, uphill both ways,
F                               CThrough blizzards in summer and winter
D                    GBack in the good old days.
          F                    CBack when Fortran was not even One-tran
        F              CAnd the abacus? Only a toy!
       F                    CAnd we did our computing in primordial darkness
G            CWhen I was a boy.