A Child With The Blues Chords by Erykah Badu

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[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] Could [C] have never known _ _ _ _
[A] _ [C] that when losing [G] _ can hurt [C] you so very bad
[Eb] Could _
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[C] have never known _ _ _ _
[Dm] that when [Ab] choosing _ [G] would _ [C] make you so very sad _ _ _
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[Dm] _ I don't [F] know what to [Dbm] do, _
[Cm] _ I just feel [G] so confused
I'm [C] trapped with the blues
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[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ Take your time, smell the flowers, _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] make a smile for [D] yourself
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_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] Girl, don't make living so hard, _ [D] so hard, so [Ab] hard
[Abm] _ [Cm] I keep telling myself, _ [C] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
feel like I'm going nowhere
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[Cm] _ Sometimes it ain't [G] all damn fair, a [C] child with the blues
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
Sister, sister, _ [Ab] I know you're watching [G] _ me _ _ _ _
[F] There are a lot of _ [Ab] kids reaching for you [G] constantly
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[F] Baby, when you think you've [Ab] grown, you're entering [G] the unknown _ _ _ _
[Eb] Baby, check yourself, brace yourself, [Ab] protect yourself, face [A] yourself
[Cm] _ Feel like my life is just [D] existing [C] and _ [G] _ _ I'm [Cm] missing someone
_ _ It's [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ hard to [C] replace a simple [D] fact, _ _ _ [G] _ cause my _
[Bb] lover is [Cm] gone, _ _ [Bb] gone, [Ab] gone
_ Never [G] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[F] _ _ too young to pay your [E] dues, _
[Cm] _ and if you're [G] walking in my shoes
[Cm] You're a child with [F] the _ [Am] blues, _
[Ab] so blue, [G] so _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ blue
I can't [C] stop the flow, [D] can't stop _ [G] it, _ of the [Cm] tears in my _ [C] eyes
[Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Cm] And if you're in it, of [C] the many [Eb] kind of women [Dm] in pain, [G] woman in pain
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Realize, [Bb] _
[F] realize, _ [Bb] the [G] _ _ [Eb] _
[F] same _ [D] emotion we share _ _
[Fm] _ [Cm] Moving fast [G] but going nowhere, like [C] a child with [G] the blues
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[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Child [C] with the blues, _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ child [C] with the blues, [A] blues, blues _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ A _ [Cm] child with the _ blues
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