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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4 Version 5Here are the chords for this song as closely as I could figure them out. He played it somewhat differently on Saturday Night Live, so I'm including what I hear on the CD, but also noting where he seemed to do things differently. Also take note of a weird chord that I don't know the name of that I've marked with asterisks and included a crude tab of how it is played. [Intro] Em Bm Em Bm F G F G Em Bm Em Bm F G F G [Verse] Am G C Once there was this kid who F C G# C (He played A G, not G#) Got into an accident and couldn't come to school F G C But when he finally came back G C F C G His hair had turned from black into bright white G# C He said that it was from when G# C/F** F (Note the weird chord: it's like this The cars had smashed soooo hard E|---|---|---| B|---|---|---| G|---|---|---| D|---|---|-0-| A|---|---|-0-| [CHORUS] E|---|---|---| Em Bm Em Bm F G F G Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Em Bm Em Bm F G F G Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm [Verse] Am G Once there was this girl who F C G# C (He played G; not G# Wouldn't go to change with the girls in the change room F C G C But when they finally made her G C F C G They saw birthmarks all over her body G# C She couldn't quite explain it G# C/F** F They'd always just been there [CHORUS] Em Bm Em Bm F G F G Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Em Bm Em Bm F G F G Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm [BRIDGE] Dm C G Both girl and boy were glad Dm C G F G One kid had it worse than that Am G C 'Cause then there was a boy whose F C G# C (Again, he plays G Parents made him come right home directly after school F C G C And when they went to their church G C F C G They shook and lurched all over the church floor G# C He couldn't quite explain it G# C/F** F They'd always just gone there