Chords for Janis Ian - Society's Child

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Cm] _
Come to [F] my door, baby.
[Cm] _
Face as clean [F] and shining black as night.
[Cm]
My mother went [F] to answer, you know, [Cm] that you look so [F] fine.
_ _ [Bb] Now I can understand your tears and your [D] shame.
She called you boy instead of your [Gm] name.
When she wouldn't let you in.
_ [Eb]
When she turned and said, _ _ [F] isn't I [G] out kind.
_ _ She [Am] says, I can't see [D] you _ _ either.
[Am] _ _ Can't see you [D] anymore.
_ _ _ [C] _ Walk me down [F] to school, baby.
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] Everybody's acting different lines.
[Cm] Until they turn [F] and say, why don't you just stick [Cm] to your own path.
[F] _
_ _ [Bb] My teachers all laugh at us, smirking _ [D] instead.
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
[Gm] _ _ Preachers of equality.
_ _ [Eb] Think they believe it's in my _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ speech.
_ They [Am] say I can't see you.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
One of these days I'm gonna [F] stop my [Cm] listening.
And gonna raise my head [F] up high.
[Cm] _
One of these days I'm gonna [F] raise my listening [Cm]
wings high.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
But the day will have to wait for a while.
[D] _
Baby, I'm only _ society's child [Gm] _
when we're all _ _ _ [Eb] becoming.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ I [Am] see, I can see you.
[D] _ _
I _ [Am] see _ you. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
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