Chords for Skip Ewing -- It Wasn't His Child

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[Eb] _ He was [Cm] her man, [Bb] she [Ab] was his wife, And [Bb] late one winter night he knelt [Cm] by her
As [Ab] she _ gave birth.
But it wasn't [F] _ his child, _ it wasn't [Ab] his child, _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Yet still [Cm] he took him [Ab] as his own.
_ As he watched [Eb] him grow, it brought [Cm] him joy, He [Ab] loved that boy.
But it wasn't [F] _ his child, _ it wasn't [Ab] his child, _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ And like [Bb] a father he [Ab] was strong and kind and good. _ _
_ _ And [Eb] I believe he did [Bb] his best, _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ It [Bb] wasn't easy for him [Ab] but he did all [Cm] he could. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ His son [Eb] was different from [Bb] the rest, _ _ _ It wasn't [Ab] his child, _ _ it [C] wasn't his [F] child. _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ And when [Cm] the boy _ _ [Ab] became a man, _ [Bb] He took his [Eb] father's hand,
[Dm] Even [C] soon the world would [Ab] all know why.
It wasn't [F] his child, _ it wasn't [Ab] his child, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ And like his [Bb] father he was [Ab] strong and kind and [Cm] good. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ And I believe [Eb] he did [Bb] his best, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ It [Bb] wasn't easy for him [Ab] but he did all he [Cm] could.
_ He grew up with [Bb] his hands [Ab] in wood, _ _ [F] And he died [Ab] with his hands in wood.
_ _ He was [Cm] _ God's child, [Bb] _ he was [F] _ God's child,
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[Bb] was her [Cm] man, she was his [Ab] wife, And late one [Dm] winter night [Eb] he [Bb] knelt by [Cm] her [Bb] as she [Ab] _
gave birth.
But it wasn't [C] his child, _ [F] _ it was _ [Ab] _
God's child.
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