The Child's Song chords by George Hamilton IV
Verse 1
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Goodbye
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Mama,
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goodbye to you too, Paula
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Little sister, you'll have to wait
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a while to come along
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Goodbye to this house and
all its memories
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Em
We all just got too old
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to say we're wrong
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I've got to make one
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last trip to my bedroom
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I guess I'll have to leave
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some stuff behind
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Funny how the same old
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crooked pictures
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Just don't look the same to me tonight
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Ain't no use in sheddin' no more tears,
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Mom
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Em
Ain't no use in shoutin' at me,
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Pa
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I can't live no longer with your fears, Mom
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I love you,
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but that hadn't helped at all
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All of us has got to do what matters
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And each of us must see
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what we can see
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Though it was long ago,
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you must remember
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That you were once as young
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and scared as me
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Mama, I don't know how
hard it is yet
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Em
When you realize
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you're growing old
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I know how hard it is
now to be younger
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Em
I know you tried to
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keep me from the cold
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Thanks for all you've done,
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it may sound hollow
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But thank you for them good
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times that we've
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But I must have my own road to follow
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You will all be welcome in my home
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I have got my suitcase,
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I must go now
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Em
I don't mind about
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them things you said
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Sorry, Mom,
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I just don't know
where I'm going
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Em
Remember, little sister,
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look ahead
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Tomorrow I'll be in
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some other sunrise
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And maybe I'll have
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someone by my side
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Mama, give your love back
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to your husband
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Father, you have taught me well,
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good -bye
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Good -bye
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Mama, good -bye to you too, Pa you
The Child's Song
George Hamilton IV
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