Chords for Whitney Houston God Bless The Child

_ When [Bb] that's not [Eb] _
shall be, _ [Bb] when that's not [Bb]
shall be.
_ [Fm] _ So the [Ebm] Bible says, _ [C] _ _ and it still is,
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Mama may [C] have, _ [Ebm] _ _ Papa may [Bbm] have,
_ _ [Dm] _ But God bless the [G] child _ _ [Cm] that's got his [Bbm] own,
That's got his own.
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Yes, the [Bb] strong _ [Eb] get [C] more [A] while the weak [Cm] ones fade.
_ Empty [F] pockets don't ever, [Ab] _
ever really [C] ever make the [D] grade.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ Mama may have [Bb] it, _ and Papa [Ab] may have, _ _
[Dm] But God bless the [G] child _ [Dm]
that's [C] got his _ [A] own,
[Gm] _ _ [Bbm] _
That's got his own.
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ Money, you got,
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Crime, _ _ _ _ [Fm]
you [Db] die _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
when it's gone.
_ And [Dm] the smell, _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] they don't come around your house no more, [Eb]
no more, no more, no more, no more.
[D] Hey, _ _ [Am] _
rich relations, skin, [C] _ [Ab] yawn on dough, [Bb] _
crust of bread and [F] such.
_ You can [Fm]
help, help yourself, [Cm] but don't you [Db] ever, ever [C] take too _ [Gm] _ _ much.
_ _ Mama [Eb] may have, _ [Ebm] _ _
Papa may [Bbm] have,
_ [Dm] _
But God bless the [G] child _ [Cm] that's got his own,
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] That's got his own.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Money, you [D] _
_ got,
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ The [Bb] crowd around your, [A] your _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ seat,
The smell, [A] _
you know, you see [Dm] no money come around,
You don't come around, you [Cm] don't want to be your friend no [Eb] more.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Rich _ relations, [G] skin, _ _ _ _ _ _ crust of [F] bread _ _ and [Eb] such.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ You can [C] help, _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
but _ _ don't [Ab] you take _ [C] _ [Bb] too much.
[Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] Mama may have it, [Ebm] Papa, he may have it,
_ _ [Dm] But God bless the [G] child _ _ that's got [G] his own,
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Got his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ own.
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