Chords for Malcolm Holcombe - For The Love of a Child

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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ I [Bb] used to dream I [Db] could fly _ [Eb] _ after the [Ab] shouting and the whispers were gone. _
[Bb] Long ago [Db] was a time _ _ [Eb] I used to [Ab] sleep safe and climb.
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[C] The smell [Db] of old cigarettes and beer [Eb] shut my mouth [Ab] and my ears.
_ _ But I could [Db] see troubles a _ -turnin'.
[Eb] Your loving [Ab] eyes sent tears.
_ _ For the [Gm] love [Fm] of a child, _ [Gb] _ _
love [Fm] of a child, _ [Bb] _ _ _
for the love of [C] a child,
[Dbm] late at [Eb] night in my [Ab] _ dream. _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ Ain't it funny when it [Db] rains, _ [F] _ [Eb] _ you're [Ab] movin' kinda slow.
_ _ Memories [G] touch your [Db] shoulders, _ _ _ [Eb] _ fly [Ab] again alone.
_ _ _ Out of [Db] sight, out of mind.
[Eb] _ It ain't true [Ab] when you're older.
_ _ Special [Db] secrets only God knows [Eb] _ never [Ab] disappear at all.
_ And for the [Fm] love of a child, _ [Gb] _ _ love [Fm] of a child, [Bb] _ _ _
[Bbm] for the love [G] of a child,
[Db] late [Eb] at night in my [Ab] _ dream. _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Ain't it funny [Db] when it rains, _ _ [Eb] you're movin' [Ab] kinda slow.
_ _ _ Memories [Db] touch your shoulders, _ _ [Eb] _ you fly again alone.
_ _ [Ab] _ Out of [Db]
sight, out of mind.
_ [Eb] _ It ain't true [Ab] when you're older.
_ _ _ Special secrets [Db] only God knows [Eb] _ never [Ab] disappear at _ all.
And for the [Fm] love of a child, _ [Db] _ _ love [Fm] of a [Fm] child, _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bbm] for the love [C] of a child,
[Db] late at [Eb] night in my [Ab] dream. _ _ _ _ _ _
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