[Intro]
G C A D  G C A D
 
[Verse 1]
G              C
There's a kid inside
A              D
And I have him with me always
G              C
There's a kid inside
A                 D
Walking down old high school hallways
G               C
There's a kid inside
      A          A7            B7
At a desk, at a dance, in the halls, in the showers
G              G7
There's a kid inside
       Cadd9 C Cmaj7
To this very day
 
[Verse 2]
G               C           Cadd9
And he makes a try for that high pop fly
A       A7       Dsus2   D
That I fumbled one September
G               C           Cadd9
And he makes a fuss over some A plus
A       A7       Dsus2   D
That I shouldn't still remember
G            C Cmaj7
And he goes along
A                     A7              B7
Getting hurt, getting mad, fighting fights that are over
G               G7
And unless I'm strong
            Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
All my senses are carried away
 
[Verse 3]
G               C           Cadd9
I could feel my hand – My trembling hand
A       A7       Dsus2   D
On Michell's angora sweater
G             C         Cadd9      A    A7         Dsus2       D
I can hear my band – That awful band, only now it sounds much better
G              C             Cadd9    A
I can see the kid, The kid I used to be
        A7            B7
On the stage, on the field, on the lunch line
G               G7
I can feel him tugging at me
       C      Cadd9         C(b9)
Every time I think I don't care I blink
 
[Chorus]
G              D  Dsus2     C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
And he's there again, he's there again
G                                D       Dadd4       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
Fighting ancient wrongs, humming old hit songs in my head
        G              Dsus2  D       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
Singing come along, come along, come along for the ride
      G                      D  Dadd4       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
To a time and place I could not forget if I tried
 
[Verse 4]
G            C           Cadd9       A
And I never know when the breeze'll blow
A7             Dsus2   D
With a rush of old sensation
G                   C           Cadd9       A
Why the kid should wake, and my heart should ache
A7           Dsus2   D
Every time I smell carnations
G                    C       Cadd9    A
Something rings the bell, anything at all
       A7          B7
All it takes is a slam of a locker
G                  G7
Or the switch from summer to fall
  C          Cadd9        C(b9)
A change in season seems barely reason,
 
[Chorus]
G              D        Dsus2   C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
But there he goes, he's there again
G                                D       Dadd4       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
Fighting ancient wrongs, humming old hit songs in my head
        G              Dsus2  D       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
Singing come along, come along, come along for the ride
      G                      D  Dadd4       C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
To a time and place I could not for get if I tried
 
[Outro]
G        D Dsus2     C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
There he goes again, hummin' his songs
G    D Dadd4 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7       G      Dsus2  D
He's there again,    there's a kid inside
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Hummin' his songs
G      Dsus2 D Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C        G
He's there again,      there's a kid inside