Chords for Eddie Coffey - Nobody's Child

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_ As I was _ slowly _ passing _ _ an _ orphan's home one [C] _ day,
[Bm] _
[D] I _ stopped there for a minute [G] _
just [A] to watch [Em] the children [D] play. _ _
[E] _ [G] A lonely boy was standing, _ _ _ and when I _ asked him [C] why, _ _
[D] he turned with eyes [C] that couldn't [A] see, _ [D] and he began to [G] _ cry. _
_ I'm _ _ _ _ nobody's _ child, _ I'm _ _ _ _ [C] nobody's _ child.
_ _ [D] _ _ I'm like a flower _ _ that's _ [E] just growing [G] _ wild. _
_ _ No _ _ _ mama's kisses, [D] _
_ [C] or no _ _ [Am] daddy's smile. _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ Nobody [Am] _ _ [D] wants [Am] me, _ [D] I'm _ _ [E] _
_ [G] nobody's _ child.
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Some people come for children _ _ _ [C] and take them [G] _ for [C] their own,
_ [A] _ [G] but they [D] all seem to pass [G] me [G#] by [A] and I [E] am left [D]
alone.
_ _ _ [G] I know they'd like to take me, _ [C] but when they see I'm _ blind,
_ [E] _ [G] they _ always take [C] some other [Am] kid [D] and I [Am] am left [G] _
behind.
_ _ I'm _ _ _ _ nobody's child, _ _ I'm _ _ _ _ [C] nobody's _ [G] child.
_ _ [D] _
_ I'm like a flower [Am] _ _ [D] that's _ [E] just _ [G] growing _ wild. _ _ _
No _ _ mama's kisses, [D] _ _ [C] or no _ _ [Am] daddy's smile.
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Nobody _ wants me, _ I'm _ _ [E] _ _ [G] nobody's _ child.
[F#] _ _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ No _ mother's arms to hold me [Bm] _ [C] and soothe me when I cry. _ _
_ [G] _ Sometimes I get so _ lonesome [G#] here [A] I wish that I [D] could die.
_ [Am] _
_ [G] When I walk the streets of heaven _ _ _ [C] where all the blind can see, _
_ [G] then just [B] like all [C] the other [Am]
kids [D] there'll be a home [G] for me. _
_ _ I'm _ _ _ nobody's _ child, _ I'm _ _ _ _ [C] nobody's child. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] I'm like [D] a flower [Am] _
_ [D] that's _ [F#] just _ [G] growing wild. _
_ _ _ No _ _ mama's kisses, [D] _
_ [C] or _ no _ [Am] daddy's smile. _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Nobody _ wants [Am] me, _ [D] I'm _ _ [E] _
_ [G] nobody's _ child.
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Nobody _ wants me, _ _ I'm _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
nobody's child. _ _ _
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