Chords for God Bless The Child - Dave Van Ronk

[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Then that's [Fm] God shall get _ [Eb] and _ them [Fm] that's not shall lose.
[C] _ _
[Cm] _ _ So the Bible [Bbm] says _ and it's [Eb] still is [Ab] news.
_ Mama may have, [Abm] _ _ _ Papa may _ [Eb] have, _ [C] God bless the
[F] child that's [Bb] got his own, _ [Eb] _
_ that's got [Ab] his own.
[B] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] The rich [Ab] get rich while [Gb] the weak ones _
[Fm] fade.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb]
Empty pockets [Bbm] _ don't ever [Eb] make the grade.
[C] _ [Ab] _ Mama may have, [Abm] _ _ Papa may have, [Eb] _
_ God [C] bless the child [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] that's got his [Eb] own, _ [Ab] that's got his [B] own.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ Money, [G] _ _
[Cm] _ [Eb] _ you've got [F] lots of [Gm] friends, _ _ _ [Gb] crowding _ [G] _
around your door.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
[B] Funny when you're [Cm] gone _ _ [F] and
spending [Gm] ends, they _ _ don't come [Bb] no more. _ _ _
[Eb] Rich relations [Fm] may give crusts of [Ebm] bread [Fm] and such.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] You can help [Bbm] yourself _ but [Eb] don't take too [Ab] much.
_ Mama may have, _
[Abm] _ _ Papa may have, [Eb] _
_ _ [C] God bless the
[F] child _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] that's _ _ [Ab] _
[B] got his [Eb] own.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
I'm not [Eb] going to be _ [C] _
_ _ [F] a good man, [Bb] I'm not _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] going to be a good man, [B] I'm not going to be [Eb] a good _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ man.
[G] Money, _
_ [Eb] you've got [F] lots of [Gm] friends, _ _ _ crowding [G] around your door.
_ [Cm] _ _ [G] Funny when you're [Eb] gone and
[F] spending _ _ [Gm] ends, they don't [Bb] come no _ more.
_ Rich [Eb] _ relations [Fm] may give [Eb] _ crusts [Fm] of bread and [Cm] such.
_ [Eb] You can help yourself [Bbm] _
but don't [Eb] take too much.
[Ab] _ _ _
Mama may have, [Abm] _ _ _
Papa may [Eb] have, _ _ [C]
God bless the
[F] child, God [Bb] bless the child [Eb] that's got his [Ab] _ [Gbm] _ _ [Eb] _
own. _ _ _ _ _ _
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