The Wrong Child chords by R.E.M.

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Asus4
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D
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F#m

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) I've watched the children
Asus4 
A 
Em 
 (Asus4) come and go  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A late, long  (A major) march into  (E minor) spring
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Asus4 
Em 
A 
I sit  (A major) and watch  (Asus4) those chil (E minor) dren  (A major) 
Em 
Jump in the tall  (E minor) grass
A 
Em 
 (A major) Leap the sprink (E minor) ler
A 
Walk in the ground  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Bicycle  (E minor) clothespin spokes  (A major) 
Em 
D 
The sound, the smell  (E minor) of swingset hands  (D major) 
Asus4 
I  (Asus4) will     try

Verse 2
D 
G 
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Em 
 (D major) to sing a happy song  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
I'll try  (D major) and make a happy
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D 
Em 
game to play  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
"Come play with me"  (A major) I whispered
Em 
D 
 (E minor) to  my newfound friend  (D major) 
Em 
Tell me  (E minor) what it's like
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A 
Asus4 
to  (D major) go outside  (A major)  (Asus4) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) I've never been  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Tell me what  (E minor) it's like to just  (A major) go outside
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) I've never  (A major) been  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) And I never will
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 3

I'm not supposed to be like this

I'm not supposed to be like this,

Verse 4
but it's okay
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Em 
A 
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A 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (G major) Hey,  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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Asus4 
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Em 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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Em 
 (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) hey,
A 
hey, those kids are  (A major) looking at me
Em 
I told  (E minor) my friend myself,
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Em 
A 
 (A major) those kids are  (E minor) looking at me  (A major) 
Em 
They're laughing an (E minor) d they're
A 
Asus4 
A 
running over  (A major)  (Asus4) here  (A major) 
Em 
They're  (E minor) laughing and they're
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D 
A 
Em 
 (A major) running  (D major) over  (A major) here  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
What do I do,  (A major) what should I do?  (E minor) 
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A 
What do I say?  (F sharp minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
What  (E minor) can I say?  (A major) 

Verse 5
D 
I said I'm  (D major) not supposed to
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D 
Em 
be like this  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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D 
Let's try  (G major) to find  (D major) a happy
G 
D 
Em 
game to play  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
D 
G 
D 
Let's try  (G major) to find  (D major) a happy game to play  (G major)  (D major) 
Em 
G 
D 
 (E minor) I'm not supposed  (G major)  (D major) to be like this
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D 
Em 
But it's okay,  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) okay