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Bad Day Child easy guitar chords by
Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee

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Verse 1

Hello,

Mrs.
E

J.

How are you?

Mrs.

J., anything wrong?
Em

I had it all worked out.

With one more baby I could have managed,
E

but not with two.

The welfare have already

been on to me.
Em

Twins?
E
Em

You're expecting twins?
E
D
Em

How quickly an idea planted can take
C

root and grow into a plan.
Em
D
Esus4

The thought conceived in this very room grew,
Em
E

as surely as a seed in a mother's womb.
B

Give one to me.

Please,

Mrs.

Johnston, please.

Are you that desperate to have a baby?
F#sus4
B

Each day I look out from this window,
F#sus4
B

I see him with his friends, I hear him call.
Gdim
B

I rush down, but as I fold my arms around him,

he's gone.
Gdim
Bbdim
B

Was he ever there at all?
F#sus4

I've dreamed of all the places
B

I would take him

The games we'd play,
F#sus4
B

the stories I would tell
Gdim

The jokes we'd share,
B

the clothing I would make him
Gdim
Bbdim

I reach out , but as I do,
B
D
Bm
D
Bm

he fades away.
D
Bm

If my child was raised in
D
Bm

a palace like this one,
D
Bm

He wouldn't have to worry where
D
Bm

his next meal was coming from
Em

His clothing would be supplied by
A

George

Henry

Lee
D
A
D
Bm

He'd have all his own toys
D
Bm

and a garden to play in
D
Bm

He could make too much noise without
D
Bm

the neighbours complaining
Em

Silver trays to take meals on
A

A bike with both wheels on

Yes
D
A
D

An d he'd sleep every
Bm
D

night in a bed of his own
Bm
D
Bm

He wouldn't get into fights,
D

he'd leave matches alone
Bm
Em

And you'd never find him
A

effing and blinding

Never!
D
Bm

And when he grew up,
D

he could never be told
Bm
D
Bm

To stand and queue up for
D

hours on end at the door
Em
A

He'd grow up to be a credit to me
C
F

To you?
Dm
F

Yes, but I would still be able
Dm

to see him every day, wouldn't

I?
Gm

Oh, of course you would.
C

And you'd look after him,
Asus4

wouldn't you?
D
Bm

I'd keep him warm in the winter
D
Bm

And cool when it shines
D

I'd pull out his splinters
Bm
D
Bm

Without making him cry
Em

I'd always be there if his
A

dream became a nightmare
Bm
D
Bm
D
Bm

My child
D
Bm
D
Bm

My child
D
Bm
D
Bm
D

My child

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Chords
  • E

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • Esus4

  • B

    2
  • F#sus4

    2
  • Gdim

    5
  • Bbdim

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • F

  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • Asus4

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