Chords for Nobody's Child -karen Young-

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
As I was slowly _ passing [G] an orphan's home one _ day,
[D] And stopped there for a moment _ [E] just to watch the [A] children play,
_ [D] Alone a boy was standing, _ [G] and when I asked him why,
_ [D] He turned with [G] eyes that could not see, [A] and he began [D] to cry.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] I'm _ nobody's child, _ I'm _ [G] nobody's child,
_ [A] _ Just like a flower, _ _ _ I'm [D] growing wild.
_ No _
[A] [D] mama's kisses, _ _ [G] and no daddy's smile,
_ [A] _ Nobody _ wants me, I'm _ _ [D] nobody's _ child.
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] People come for children, _ [Ab] and take them for their own, _
[Eb] But they all seem to pass me, [F] and I'm left here [Bb] all alone.
[Eb] I know they'd like to take me, [Ab] but when they see I'm blind, _
[Eb] They always take [Ab] some other child, [Bb] and I am left [Eb] behind. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] [Eb] I'm _ nobody's child, _ I'm _ _ [Ab] nobody's child,
_ [Bb] Just like a flower, _ _ _ I'm growing [Eb] _ wild.
_ No _
[Bb] [Eb] mama's kisses, _ _ [Ab] and no daddy's smile,
_ [Bb] _ _ _
Nobody wants me, I'm _ _ [Eb] nobody's _ child.
[B] _ _ [Gbm] _
[B] [E] No mommy's arms to hold me, [A] or soothe me when I cry, _
_ [E] Sometimes it gets so lonely, _ [Gb] I wish that I could [B] die. _
[E] I'd walk the streets of heaven, _ [A] where all the blind can see, _
[E] And just like all [A] the other kids, [B] there'd be a home [E] for _ me.
[B] _ _ [A] _ [B] [E] I'm _ nobody's child, _ I'm _ _ [A] nobody's child,
[B] Just _ like a flower, _ _ _ I'm growing [E] wild.
_ _ No [B]
mommy's [E] kisses, _ [A] and no daddy's smile,
_ [B] _ Nobody _ wants me, I'm _ _ [E] nobody's _ child.
_ _ [Abm] _
[Dbm] _ [B] _ Nobody _ wants me, [A] _ I'm _ [B] _ _ _
nobody's [A] _ child. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _