This is one of the saddest Ayreon songs ever... though this is very nice to play!
especially if you got a vocalist or you are a vocalist... =)
2 versions: Orginal and a radio version performed by Arjen Lucassen and Marjan Welman.

Day six: Childhood (original)

Intro: Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)Verse:
      Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)          Am[Agony] (x02210@1)You're alone in your bedroom
 C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)Hiding from the world, staring at the ceiling
    Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)            D[Me] (xx0232@1)Mother said 'he'll be home soon'
 C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)   EmBut (022000@1)he never was, and I knew how she was feeling


Chorus:
     F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 F#m (244222@1)          D[Fear] (xx0232@1)You always let him down; 'you'd never be like him'
 F#m (244222@1)        Bm (x24432@1)    D (xx0232@1)             AHe'd (x02220@1)always break you, never let you win
 F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)              DNo (xx0232@1)matter what you said, he'd always disagree
 F#m (244222@1)         Bm (x24432@1)           DYou (xx0232@1)swore that one day you would be
         A (x02220@1)                     Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Embetter (022000@1)than him...one day you'd win



Verse:
       Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)        Am[Agony] (x02210@1)You're hiding out in the cellar
 C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)  EmAching (022000@1)and ashamed, covering up the bruises
    Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)          D[Me] (xx0232@1)And then he would tell her
        C (x32010@1)              Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1) EmHow (022000@1)I tripped and hurt my head, how I'd always be a loser


Chorus:

     F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 F#m (244222@1)          D[Fear] (xx0232@1)You always let him down; 'you'd never be like him'
 F#m (244222@1)        Bm (x24432@1)    D (xx0232@1)             AHe'd (x02220@1)always break you, never let you win
 F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)              DNo (xx0232@1)matter what you said, he'd always disagree
 F#m (244222@1)         Bm (x24432@1)           DYou (xx0232@1)swore that one day you would be
         A (x02220@1)                     Em (022000@1)
better than him...one day you'd win

(Instrumental section)

Verse:
       Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)         Am[Agony] (x02210@1)You're all alone in your bedroom
 C (x32010@1)                    Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      EmHow (022000@1)could you learn to care, when nobody cares for you
    Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)          D[Me] (xx0232@1)Mother said he'd be home soon
 C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)   EmBut (022000@1)he never came, as for me...he didn't have to...

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Day six: Childhood (Radio Edit)

Intro:  Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)Verse:
Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)                 
You're alone in your bedroom
F (133211@1)              Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)   Am (x02210@1)Hiding from the world, staring at the ceiling
Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)            GMother (320003@1)said 'he'll be home soon'
F (133211@1)          Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)   AmBut (x02210@1)he never was, and I knew how she was feeling


Chorus:
Bm (x24432@1)       Em (022000@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)          GYou (320003@1)always let him down; 'you'd never be like him
Bm (x24432@1)         Em (022000@1)     G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
He'd always break you, never let you win
Bm (x24432@1)       Em (022000@1)             Bm (x24432@1)           GNo (320003@1)matter what you said, he'd always disagree
Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1)           GYou (320003@1)swore that one day you would be
         D (xx0232@1)                     Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Ambetter (x02210@1)than him...one day you'd win



Verse:
Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)        DmYou're (xx0231@1)hiding out in the cellar
F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)  AmAching (x02210@1)and ashamed, covering up the bruises
Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)          GAnd (320003@1)then he would tell her
        F (133211@1)                Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)           F (133211@1) AmHow (x02210@1)I tripped and hurt my head, how I'd always be a loser


Chorus:
Bm (x24432@1)       Em (022000@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)          GYou (320003@1)always let him down; 'you'd never be like him
Bm (x24432@1)         Em (022000@1)     G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
He'd always break you, never let you win
Bm (x24432@1)       Em (022000@1)             Bm (x24432@1)           GNo (320003@1)matter what you said, he'd always disagree
Bm (x24432@1)          Em (022000@1)           GYou (320003@1)swore that one day you would be
         D (xx0232@1)                     Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Ambetter (x02210@1)than him...one day you'd win


Verse:
Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)          DmYou're (xx0231@1)all alone in your bedroom
F (133211@1)                    Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)      AmHow (x02210@1)could you learn to care, when nobody cares for you
Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)          GMother (320003@1)said he'd be home soon
F (133211@1)        Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)   AmBut (x02210@1)he never came, as for me...he didn't have to...

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