Mavis Staples & Patty Griffin; Waiting for my child to come home Chords

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_ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] [Bb] I was talking to [Gm] a lady [Eb] just a few [Bb] days ago [Cm] [Bb] and these [C] are the words [F] she said.
[C] [F] She [Gm] said, [F] [Bb] if you see my [G] child somewhere [Eb] as you turn,
[Bb] there here and [D] there, [Gm] tell him I'm waiting [F] for my [Gm] [F] child [Bb] to come home.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb]
I'm waiting, _ [Bb] [F] waiting [Bb] [Eb] for my child [Bb] to come.
[Bb] I'm waiting, [D] _ [Gm] waiting [C] for my [E] child [F] to come.
[F] [Bb] If you can't [Bb] come home, [Eb] would you please [Bb] send me a letter?
[Cm] [Bb] Cause a letter [Eb] would mean so [Bb] much to me.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Bb] Oh [Bb] my child [Bb] may be somewhere _ [Eb]
on [Bb] your sick bed,
[E] with no one [F] to rub his [Bb] aching [Eb] head.
[Bb] _ _ [Bb] Oh my child may be somewhere [Eb] in some [Bb] lonely jail,
[D] [Gm] with no [F] one [G] there [F] to [Bb] go his [Eb] bed.
[Bb] _ _ [Bb] [Bb] I'm waiting, _ [Bb] waiting [Bb] [Eb] for my child [Bb] to come.
[Eb] [Bb] I'm [Gm] waiting, _ [Bb] waiting [E] for my child [F] to [E] come.
[F] [Bb] If you [F] can't come [Bb] [Eb] home, [D] [Eb] would you [E] please [Bb] send me a [Eb] letter?
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_ [Eb] I'm [Gm] waiting, [Eb] I'm [Ab] waiting, [Eb] _ [Bbm] I'm waiting, I'm [Eb] waiting.
I keep [G] looking for my child.
I'm [Bb] waiting.
[Dbm] I'm gonna [Eb] wait on him.
[Cm] I'm gonna [Bb] wait.
Waiting for my [Eb] child to come home.
[Gb] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Eb] I'm waiting.
[Bb] I'm waiting.
I'm crying.
I don't [Eb] mind how long it takes.
[Bbm] [Cm] Waiting and [Bb] waiting.
I'm [G] just waiting [D] for my [Cm] child to [Bb] come.
I'm [E] [F] waiting for [Gm] _ [F] [Bb] my child [G] to [Fm] come.
[B] _ _ [Bb] I'm waiting [E] [F] for [Gm] my [A] child [Bb]
[A] to [Fm] [G] come.
_ [Cm] [Bb] I'm [E] waiting [F] [Bb] for my [F] child [Bb] to come.
[Eb] _ _ Come on home.
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