Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 37 detik ini diciptakan oleh Craig Reid dan Charlie Reid serta dirilis pada tahun 1994 melalui Chrysalis Records.
“Your Childhood” dimuat sebagai trek ke-11 dalam album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk Hit the Highway.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Your Childhood” dari The Proclaimers.
[Intro]
C G C G
[Verse 1]
C
From birth to five, you're learning
Am
From five to ten, you're playing
Dm
By the time you're fifteen
G
You're never wrong
Dm
But then you turn around
G C
And it's all gone, your childhood
C
Now daddy knows what he's saying
Am
You're in my arms and I'm praying
Dm G
That I'll be given the strength and time
Dm G
To make yours just as happy as mine
C
Your childhood
[Verse 2]
C
Every morning
Your crying ends my sleep
Am
I kid on I'm angry
Dm
But it's not a feeling I can keep
F
There's no light outside
G
I don't care 'cause I know it's true
That in our house
C C7
The sun shines out of you
[Verse 3]
F
Well you've got your mother's looks
Your're a beautiful little girl
Dm
You'll break boys hearts
All over this world
G
Then one day you'll walk out the door
C
And I know you'll break mine
G
You'll break mine
[Verse 4]
C
From birth to five, you're learning
Am
From five to ten, you're playing
Dm G
By the time you're fifteen you're never wrong
Dm G
Then you turn around and it's all gone
C G
Your childhood
[Solo]
C Am
Dm G Dm G
C C7
[Verse 5]
F
So you're trying to talk
Any day now you'll walk
C
You'll be running around
Make me act like a clown
Dm C
'cause I live and I breathe
G
For my little girl
G
Our little girl
G
The most important thing is this whole wide world
[Verse 6]
C
Now daddy know what he's saying
Am
Your in my arms and I'm praying
Dm G
That I'll be given the strength an time
Dm G
To make yours just as happy as mine
C
Your childhood
F
(Your Childhood)
C
Your Childhood
F
(Your Childhood)
C
Your Childhood
F
(Your Childhood)
C F C F
Dm G C
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