Oct202023

Blink-182 – Childhood Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C  Cmaj7  Dm  Fm

[Verse 1]
       C
I see signs up in the sky
      Cmaj7
Disappear before my eyes
  F     Fm
Woah, woah
            C
Guess we're all desensitized
            Cmaj7
Forgot the meaning
 of our lives
  F     Fm
Woah, woah

[Pre-Chorus]
                      Dm
What's going on with me?
           Fmaj7
Everybody seems
                  C     Cmaj7
So lost, I wanna leave
   Dm                    E
2023,  who the fck are we?

[Chorus]
C                       Cmaj7
 Remember when we were young
                         F
And we'd laugh at everything?
                         Fm
Got caught up in a world
           G
That forgot how to dream
C
 I'd never thought we'd
         Cmaj7
end up here

We're back in time to
           F
the best years
                            Fm
Remember when we were young?
             G
We thought we knew everything
F                       G
Where did our childhood go?
Cmaj7
I wanna know
F                       G
Where did our childhood go?
Cmaj7
I wanna know

[Verse 2]
        C
We just need some time away
         Cmaj7
Take me back to yesterday
  F     Fm
Woah, woah
       C
Why is everyone afraid
           Cmaj7
To be themselves, not imitate?
  F     Fm
Woah, woah

[Pre-Chorus]
                      Dm
What's going on with me?
           Fmaj7
Everybody seems
                  C     Cmaj7
So lost, I wanna leave
   Dm                    E
2023,  who the fck are we?

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[Chorus]
C                       Cmaj7
 Remember when we were young
                         F
And we'd laugh at everything?
                         Fm
Got caught up in a world
           G
That forgot how to dream
C
 I'd never thought we'd
         Cmaj7
end up here
We're back in time to
           F
the best years
                            Fm
Remember when we were young?
             G
We thought we knew everything
F                       G
Where did our childhood go?
Cmaj7
I wanna know
F                       G
Where did our childhood go?
Cmaj7
I wanna know

[Outro]
F  F  G  C  C  5x

How to play Childhood: key, chords and progression

These are Childhood chords by Blink-182 on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Childhood by Blink-182 sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 8 chords to play it: C, Cmaj7, Dm, Fm, F, Fmaj7, E and G.

Most of the song cycles through C – Cmaj7 – F – Fm (I – Imaj7 – IV – iv in C major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – fah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: Fm and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.