Childhood Ruined

	  		
Intro: C# 

Verse 

F#                   Bb 
Childhood is precious, 
B                              F# 
but if we knew the whole truth then, 
B                 Bb       Eb 
it would make our memories dark, 
   Ab           C#                F# 
so here's your, childhood, ruined. 

F#                                       B            F# 
The Little Mermaid movie poster featured dicks, not a lie. 
        B                     F# 
And the original story of the Mermaid ended 
         Ab                 C# 
When the Little Mermaid died. 
F# 
The Land Before Time was awesome, 
        B                         F# 
Ducky's voice was a little girl's "quack". 
    B                     Bb      Eb 
Her real dad murdered her in cold blood, 
       Ab          C#        F# 
That's why Ducky's voice did not come back. 

F#                B                     Eb                          C# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, the truth is out there, and the truth is wow. 
F#                B                       Eb              C#                F# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now! 
F# 
"How about writers?" 


Verse 

F#                             B              F# 
the author of Peter Pan kept a book up on the shelf. 
B                       F#                   Ab                  C# 
He forged a will to get custody of kids then Peter killed himself. 
F#                                          B                     F# 
The guy who wrote James and the Giant Peach really hated the Jews, 
B                    Bb    Eb         Ab  C#    F# 
And Lewis Carroll of Wonderland was a pedophile too. 
Eb                                  B        C# 
The writer of the Giving Tree was a poetry machine, 
Eb 
His children's poems were so pornographic, 
          B                              C# 
They were first published in Playboy Magazine. 

F#                B                 Eb                      C# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, sorry to sacrifice your sacred cow. 
F#                B                       Eb              C#                F# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now! 


Bridge 

Eb    
E.T. wasn't always a puppet, 
       B                    C# 
He was played by a kid born with no legs. 
       Eb              
During Milo and Otis, tons of dogs died, 
    B                                     C# 
But sometimes you've gotta break a couple eggs. 

F#                B                 Eb               C# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, no more "barks", no more "meows". 
F#                B                       Eb              C#                F# 
Childhood ruined, childhood ruined, if it wasn't ruined before, its ruined now. 


Bridge 

   Eb 
So when it comes down to the truth, 
    B                      C# 
Sometimes you must just surrender, 
    Eb                                 B                C# 
The principal from Ferris Bueller is a registered sex offender... 

Outro 

F#                        
More child stars overdose, 
     B                        F# 
Than time in this song will allow, 
B                Bb  Eb  
And so I have to ask you: 
         Ab        C#     F# 
"Is your childhood ruined now?"