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A song about Just Kids by Patti Smith. The best book about friendship, art, music and love I've ever read.

lyrics

Just Kids Shuffle rhythm
(words/music S.Gibson)
(Intro + Verse)
(C G with B and E string covered on 3rd fret)
Intro CG x 4 (2 bars each)

C
Bobby met Patti on the streets of New York
She looked like a he and he wouldn’t talk
G
Just kids, just kids

C
Lived in one room flats with blankets for
curtains
The present was bleak the future uncertain

G A
Just kids, just kids
C G
Just kids, just kids, just kids

C
Surrounded by glamour and broke all the time
He hustled the street, ten minutes for dimes
G
Just kids, Just kids

C
She wrote, she drew, painted slogans on shirts
She got him a camera, found his life’s work

G A
Just kids, just kids
C G
Just kids, just kids, just kids

C
Warhol was close, he knew them by name
Said something about 15 minutes of fame
G
Just kids, Just kids

She formed a band, wrote Horses and Wave
He took the photos that define those days

G A
Just kids, just kids
C A
Just kids, just kids
C G
Just kids, just kids, just kids

C
They parted ways but the bond was unbroken
Between Patti and Bobby most things were unspoken
G
Just kids, Just kids

C
Bobby became Robert, got famous, got sick
Patti got married, got famous, became Smith

G A
Just kids, just kids
C A
Just kids, just kids
C G
Just kids, just kids, just kids

C
Then Robert died, far away and alone
Patti just sighed and hung up the phone

Just kids

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from Caravan Park Summers, released April 27, 2015
Words/Music - Simon Gibson

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