If I Were Only A Child Again Chords by Curtis Mayfield

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[C#m] _ _ [F#] If I [E] were [B] only [F#] a child again, no one would [E] have been [B] so good [F#] to me since then.
_ Everywhere [E] I looked, it seemed [F#] so color bright.
There were never [E] such things to [F#] me as black and white.
[E] The [A] idea of just [E] going, [B] laying on [E] cover, and laying.
Yes, now to [A] the ladies, [B] everything [E] seems quite okay.
[F#] Remember [E] when we were part [F#] of that precious youth?
_ Everything [C#] it seemed was [F#] so pure and true.
I guess we were [E] just [B] too [F#] young to understand
the unsolved [E] scars of [B] death and war [F#] and wrong with man.
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[E] _ _ _ [F#] Only, [E] [B] only, [F#] _
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only _ _ _ [B] child.
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_ Hey, _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ hey.
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_ _ If I were [E] only [F#] a child again, I would never [E] want to venture life [F#] like this again.
People of the [B] world, [F#] hurling sticks and stones,
if you saw a [E] prince or one come [F#] up and break the bones.
_ Only, [E] only, [F#]
only child.
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[E] _ _ [C#m] If [F#] I were only a child again, and had the ability [G#m] [F#] to understand,
I'd speak for little [E] people on [F#] the day they're born,
and ask the grown [B]-up when would there [A#m] be peace on [F#] earth.
Grown-up, [G#m] when would there [F#] be peace on earth.
_ Brother, [G#m] when would there [F#] be peace on earth.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] only, [F#]
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_ child.
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