If I Ever Was A Child chords by Wilco

• Capo on 1st

Key is D# Mixolydian, sometimes going to D# Major. Capo on 1. All chords relative to capo, transcribe the
whole tab one fret up for the true 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


Chorus:
  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


Chorus:
 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

Chorus:
 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