Chords for Just A Kid

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[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Well the news spread through Jerusalem, [Dm] tonight a child is born.
[Gm] There are shepherds falling to their [Bb] knees and angels [C] blowing horns.
[F] But in their golden halls the Pharisees [D] scoffed and drank their wine.
[Gm] They said it's only Hebrew prophecy.
[Bb] We don't care and besides he's just a kid.
That's [F] all he is.
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One more pebble in the gravel, one more rumor in the [Gm] rabble.
How can he [G] be king?
He's [F] just a kid.
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_ [G] _ [F] Well in no time it seemed the world [Dm] was knocking on his door.
[Gm] For miracles and wonders [Bb] they had never [C] seen before.
[F] Soon the Pharisees stopped laughing, [Dm] a silver sum was paid.
[Gm] And near the end he knelt down [Bb] in the garden and he prayed,
I'm just a kid.
_ [C] That's all [F] I am.
_ _ [Dm] I'll need your strength to see me through it.
If it is [G] your will I'll do [Gm] it.
But how can I [C] be king?
I'm just [F] a kid.
_ Now [Ab] I think about the baby [F] and the man at Christmas time.
[Ab] A mother, sons and fathers [F] and children just like mine.
About [Ab] the power and [Bb] unselfishness, [F]
love and sacrifice.
[Ab] The gift that we were given and the [G] _
price.
_ [D] _ _ And how [G] the news spread through Jerusalem.
[Em] Tonight a child is born.
[Am] There are shepherds falling to their knees [G] and angels blowing [D] horns.
I wonder [G] how on earth the Pharisees [Em] could scoff and drink their wine
and say [Am] he's only Hebrew prophecy.
We [C] don't care and besides he's just [C] a kid.
_ [D] That's all [G] he is.
_ _ [Em] One more pebble in the gravel.
One more rumor in the rabble.
[Am] How can he be [D] king?
He's just a [G] kid.
_ Oh [Am] how can he be [D] king?
He's just a [G] kid. _ _
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