Dumb Kids
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Randy rogers & Wade Bowen
(From the 2023 EP HOLD MY BEER, VOL. 3)
[Intro]
D Dsus2 G D Dsus2 G
[Verse 1]
D G
Ten years old, I'd disappear on my old blue Huffy bike
D G
We'd stay gone till we heard Mom calling out in the moonlight
Em7 D Em7 D
We just lied when she asked us, "Hey boys, where y'all been?"
Em7 D Em7 D
She'd have died if she knew what we were up to way back then
[Verse 2]
D A G
Wasn't long till we were sneaking out the window with Dad's truck keys
D A G
Go slidin' into John's beer store with some girls and fake IDs
Em7 D Em7 D
And those Friday nights, we tried to score, or at least that was the plan
Em7 D Em7 A
Some left it all out on the field, some found it underneath the stands
[Chorus]
D
We were just dumb kids
D
We were gonna do it all
G A
Like some young desperados running from the law
D
So fast, so proud
D
So stupid, so loud
G A
Just burning at both ends
D A G
We were just dumb kids
[Verse 3]
D A D G
From crazy dreams to promise rings, mistakes made in the dark
D G
I've missed some turns, crashed and burned, and broke my own heart
Em7 D Em7 D
An old song just came on the radio, and man, it took me back
Em7 D Em7 A
I guess it's true when they say that we grow up way too fast
[Chorus]
D
We were just dumb kids
D
We were gonna do it all
G A
Like some young desperados running from the law
D
So fast, so proud
D
So stupid, so loud
G A
Just burning at both ends
D
Oh, we were just dumb kids
[Guitar Solo]
Bm7 G A
[Bridge]
Bm A G
I'd be lyin' if I said there's things that I wouldn't change
Em D G A
Yeah, sometimes, I sure miss that boy who thought he knew everything
[Chorus]
D
We were just dumb kids
D
We were gonna do it all
G A
Like some young desperados running from the law
D
So fast, so proud
D
So stupid, so loud
G A
Just burning at both ends
[Outro]
Em7 D G
Oh, what I wouldn't give to go back there again
A D G
When we were just dumb kids
D A D G D
Just dumb kids
How to play Dumb Kids
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