Child of Man Chords by Noa

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[Bb] If I were a desert [Dm] flower, [Eb] _
[Dm] all winter long I'd paint and cower. _
But [Fm] spring would [Eb] make me sing, my [Ab] voice would ring as [F] tiny buds [Bb] begin to bloom.
[G] In spring [Eb] I'd blossom and forget the [Bb] winter's [Eb] gloom.
[Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ If I were a brook of water, [Eb] _ [Dm] _ kissed by the frost [Gm] along my [Dm] borders,
_ [Eb] _ [F] [Fm] Spring would make [Eb] me sing, my voice [Ab] would ring as I [F] released my [Bb] icy [G] chains.
In [Eb] spring I'd bubble and forget the [Dm] winter's [Eb] [Bb] rains. _
_ [Dm] _ [C] I'm only a [Cm] child of [Ab] man.
_ _ _ _ [C] I'm only a [Gm] child [Eb] of [Ab] man.
_ _ _ Just [Eb] an innocent [G] [Ab] child of _ man.
[Bb] Don't look so surprised, please [F] my [Gm] shining love. _
It's the [Bb] sunlight in the skies that is making it so.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] Don't look so surprised, please my [F] [Gm] shining love.
_ _ [Bb] It's the sunlight in the [Eb] skies that is [Bb] making it so.
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[Gm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ If I were a joyful songbird, [Eb] _ [Bb] _ all winter long so cold and somber,
_ _ [Fm] Pairs of blue would make [Eb] me sing, my voice [Ab] would ring like [F] tiny bells on [Bb] scarves of [G] silk.
A [Cm] song as beautiful and [Bb] pure as mother's milk. _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] I'm only a [Bb] child [Ab] of man.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ I'm only a child [Cm] of man.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
Just [Eb] an innocent [Gm] child [Eb] of man. _
[Bb] Don't look so surprised, please my [F] shining [Gm]
love.
[C] _ [Bb] It's the sunlight in the skies [Eb] that is making [Bb] it so.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] Don't look so surprised, please [Dm] my shining [Gm] love. _
[Eb] It's the sunlight in the [Cm] skies that is making [Bb] it so.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ Don't be [Gm] _
surprised _ by this look in my [Bb] eyes.
_ _ Like a flower [Cm] or tree, _ _ I will bloom [Bb] in the spring.
_ _ I will shed [Gm] all my woes _ as the green [Eb] grass grows.
_ Like [Bb] a flower [Cm] or tree, _ [Bb] _ I'll throw my head back and [Ab] say,
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ [C] If I were [F] a daisy [C] flower, _ _ all winter long. _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] The spring would make [F] me sing, my [Bb] voice would ring as [G] tiny buds [C] begin to [A] bloom.
In [F] spring I'd blossom, forget the [C] winter's gloom.
_ _ _ [Dm] But I'm only a [C] child of man.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I'm only a [C] child of [Bb] man. _ _ _ _
Just [F] an innocent [Am] child of [Bb] man. _
[C] _ Don't look so surprised, please my [G] [Am] shining love.
[F] It's the sunlight in the skies [C] that is making it so.
[Gm] _ _ [C] Don't look so surprised, please my shining love.
[F] It's the sunlight in the [C] skies that is making it so.
_ _ _ Don't be _ surprised _ _ by this look in [F] my eyes.
_ Like a [C] flower [Dm] or tree, _ _ [C] _ I will [G] bloom [C] in the spring.
_ _ I will shed all [Am] my woes as the green grass [F] grows.
_ _ _ [Am] Like a flower or tree, [F] _ I'll throw my head [C] back and say,
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If [Bb] I were a daisy flower, all [C] winter long. _ _ _
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