Artist: The Pretenders
Song: Kid
Tabbed by: DJ
27th Dec 2012

Tuning:Standard

"'Kid' is a song about a woman who is on the game to pay her way through life.
It wasn't her first choice, but a sobering reality.
She is saddened when her child finds out what she does to pay the bills."
- Chrissie Hynde

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     C        C/B   Am       Am/G   F              Gsus4  G
||:  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   / |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /   /  /  :||(Twice)


C                  C/B  Am   Am/G        F              Gsus4    G
Kid, what changed your mood?     You've gone all sad, so I feel sad too,
C        C/B  Am   Am/G       F             G
I... think I know...   some things... you never outgrow!


Cmaj7                      Am9
      You think it's wrong------,   I can tell do,
F                       G7sus4   G7
     How can I explain?          You don't want me to!


   C        C/B   Am       Am/G   F              Gsus4  G
|  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   / |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /   /  /  |


 C      C/B   Am  Am/G      F                   Gsus4      G
Kid, my only kid,      you look so small, you've gone so quiet,
C    C/B       Am   Am/G        F             G
I... know you know...     what I'm about, I won't deny it!


Cmaj7                  Am9
      But you forgive------,   though you don't understand,
F                            G7sus4          G7
     You've turned you head,        you've dropped my hand!


A  A       G    F         A  A       G   F          A  A      G    F           G
^  ^   All my sorrow---,  ^  ^  all my blues-----,  ^  ^  all my sorrow--- oh, oh!

     E             C#m            A              B
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /   /  /  :||(Twice)

E                   C#m             A                     F#m7             B7
   "Shut the light,      go away!",   full of grace, you cover your face------!

 E            C#m        A                  B
Kid, gracious kid, your eyes are blue, but you won't cry,
    E           C#m            A     B                 Emaj7
I know... angry tears are too dear, you won't let them go---!


            C#m7                 A                 F#m7       B7             E
Oh, oh - oh, oh---! Oh, oh - oh, oh---! Oh, oh -oh, oh---! |  /  /  /  /  |  / ||


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C       =  x32010    Cmaj7   =  x32000     B     =  x24442
C/B     =  x2x010    Am9     =  x02200     Emaj7 =  021100
Am      =  x02210    G7sus4  =  3x0011     C#m7  =  x46454
Am/G    =  302210    G7      =  320001     F#m7  =  242222
F       =  133211    A       =  x02220     B7    =  x21202
Gsus4   =  320013    E       =  022100
G       =  320003    C#m     =  x46654