Chuck Berry - Childhood Sweetheart: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Childhood Sweetheart" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Childhood Sweetheart Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Chuck Berry

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Childhood Sweetheart" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      D#
Last night, I had a beautiful dream
      G#
Last night, in the wee wee hours, oh yes
                  D#
Had a beautiful dream
             A#
Isn't about my childhood sweetheart
G#                   D#
How true and real it seemed

I had dream we was walking?
Hand in hand, home from school
Yeah, I dreamed we was walking together
Hand in hand, home from school
Yeah, if it hadn't be for you darling
I'd broke my mother's rule

Yeah, you was only sixteen
So young and yet so fine
Yeah, you was only sixteen
So young, yet so fine
You said when you would finish school
You'd let me take and make you mine
Oh yeah

Yeah, you had those same pretty eyes
Same sweet little smile
You had those same pretty eyes
Same sweet little smile
I had dreamed about the sweet things
We used to do, when you was a child

You were my childhood sweetheart
Love you now, and loved you then
You were my childhood sweetheart
I love you now and I loved you then
And when I'll leave you down the twilight
I'll go to sleep and dream again


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

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Guitar chord A#

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Guitar chord D#

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Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Childhood Sweetheart" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Childhood Sweetheart" by Chuck Berry.