When a Child Is Born [Live] chords by
Johnny Mathis
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Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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A ray of hope
Verse 1
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flickers in the sky
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A tiny star lights up way up high
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All across the land,
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dawns a brand new morn
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This comes to pass when a child is born
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A silent wish
Verse 2
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sails the seven sea s
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The winds of change whisper
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in the trees
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And the walls of doubt crumble,
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tossed and torn
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This comes to pass when
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a child is born
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Verse 3
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A rosy hue settles all around
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You've got the feel
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you're on solid ground
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For a spell or two,
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no one seems forlorn
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This comes to pass when a child
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is born
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Verse 4
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And all of this happens because
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the world is waiting
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Waiting for one child
Black, white, yellow,
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no one knows
But a child that will grow up
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and turn tears to laughter
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Hate to love, war to peace and
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everyone to everyone's neighbor
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And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten,
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forever
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It's all a dream,
Verse 5
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an illusion now
It must come true,
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sometime soon somehow
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All across the land,
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dawns a brand new morn
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This comes to pass when a child
Outro 1
is born
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Dm
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