When a Child Is Born Chords by Johnny Mathis

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_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ ray of hope _ _ _ [Bb] _ flickers in the [Eb]
sky.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] A tiny _ star _ [Ab] lights [Eb] up way up [Bb] _ high.
_ _ _ [Ab] All across the land [Bb] dawns a brand [Gm] new morn.
_ _ [Cm] This comes to [Bb] _
pass [Fm] when [Bbm] a child [Eb] is born.
_ _ A silent [Eb]
wish _ _ [Bb] _ sails the seven [Eb] _
_ _ seas.
The winds of change _ [Ab] whisper [Eb] in the [Bb] _
_ _ trees.
_ And [Ab] the walls of doubt _ [Bb] crumble, [Gm] tossed and torn.
[Cm] This comes to _ [Bb]
pass _ [Fm] when a child [Eb] is born.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] A rosy hue _ _ [Bb] _ settles all [Eb] around.
_ _ _ You've got the feel, _ you're on solid [Bb] ground.
_ _ _ _ For a [Ab] spell or two, [Bb] no one seems [Gm] _ forlorn.
_ [Cm] _ This comes to pass _ _ when [Bb] a child [Eb] is born.
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And all of this happens [Bb] because [Eb] the world is waiting.
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[Eb] Waiting for one child.
_ _ Black, white, yellow, [Ab] _ [Gm] no one [Bb] knows. _
But a child that will grow up and [Ab] turn tears to laughter,
hate to love, war to [Gm] peace, and everyone to everyone's [Cm] neighbor.
And [Bb] misery and suffering will be [Fm] words to be forgotten [Bb] _ [Eb] forever.
_ _ _ _ It's all a dream _ _ [Bb] and illusion [Eb]
now.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ It must come true _ [Ab] sometime [Eb] soon [Bb]
somehow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] All across the [Bb] land dawns a brand [Gm] new _ morn.
[Cm] This comes to [Bb]
pass _ _ [Fm] when [Bb] a child [Eb] is [Ab] born.
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