Chords for Lonnie Donegan - Nobody's Child

[A] As [D] I was slowly passing an _ [G] _ orphan's home one day, _ _
_ _ [D] _ I stopped for just a little while to _ [E] _ watch the children [A] play. _
_ _ [D] _ Alone a boy was standing, _ _ [G] _ and when I asked him why,
he _ _ [D] _ turned with [E] eyes that could not see, _ [A] _ and he began to [D] cry.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] I'm _ _ nobody's child, _ I'm _ _ [G] nobody's child. _ _
_ [C#m] Just [A] like a flower _ _ _ _ I'm growing, [D] _ _ _
I got no _ mammy's kisses, _
I [G] got no _ daddy's smiles. _
But [D] nobody _ [E] wants me, _ [A] I'm _ _ [D] nobody's child. _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ No mammy's arms to hold me, [G] or soothe me _ when I cry.
_ _ _ [D] Sometimes it gets so lonesome, yes, _ [E] that I wish that I could [A] die.
_ I [D] don't want the streets of heaven _ [G] where all men can [Gm] see.
[G] _ _ [D] Then just like all [E] the other kids, _ [A] might it be [D] a home for me.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ People come for children, _ _ [G] and take them, take them for their own.
I [D] know they like to take me, _ _ [E] but I'm left here all [A] alone. _
[E] Why [D] do they say they like my curved coat, _ [G] _ eyes so blue? _
_ [D] But they always take some _ other child.
[A] _ I'm left [D] here with you, [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm nobody's _ child.
I'm [G] _ _ _
[D] nobody's [G] child.
_ _ _ [A] Just like a flower _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ I've got no mammy's kisses,
_ I've [G] got no daddy's smiles.
[D] But nobody wants [E] _ me, _ [A] I'm nobody's _
_ _ [D] child.
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