When a Child Is Born [Live] chords by
Johnny Mathis
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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

A ray of hope

Verse 1
C C 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
flickers in the sky
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
A tiny star lights up way up high
Bb Bb 
 
All across the land,
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
dawns a brand new morn
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
This comes to pass when a child is born
F F 
 
A silent wish

Verse 2
C C 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
sails the seven seas
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
The winds of change whisper
F F 
 
C C 
 
in the trees
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
And the walls of doubt crumble,
Am Am 
 
tossed and torn
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
This comes to pass when
C C 
 
a child is born
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 

Verse 3
F F 
 
C C 
 
A rosy hue settles all around
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
You've got the feel
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
you're on solid ground
Bb Bb 
 
For a spell or two,
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
no one seems forlorn
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
This comes to pass when a child
C C 
 
is born
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 

Verse 4
C C 
 
And all of this happens because
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
the world is waiting
F F 
 
Waiting for one child
Black, white, yellow,
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
no one knows
But a child that will grow up
Bb Bb 
 
and turn tears to laughter
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
Hate to love, war to peace and
Dm Dm 
 
everyone to everyone's neighbor
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And misery and suffering will be words to  be forgotten,
C C 
 
F F 
 
forever
C C 
 
It's all a  dream,

Verse 5
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
an illusion now
It must come true,
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
sometime soon somehow
Bb Bb 
 
All across the land,
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
dawns a brand new morn
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
C C 
 
This comes to pass when a child

Outro 1

is born

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