Chords for Noa & Pat Metheny - Child Of Man

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[Dm] [Bb] If I were a desert _ [Dm] flower, [Eb] _
[Dm] all winter long I'd paint and cower. _ _
[Fm] But spring would make me [Eb] sing, my voice [Ab] would ring as tiny [F] buds begin [Bb] to bloom.
[G] And spring [Cm] I'd blossom and forget the [Bb] winter's [Eb] gloom.
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[Bb] If I were a brook of water _ [Eb] _
[Dm] kissed by the frost along my borders,
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[F] [Fm] spring would make [Eb] me sing, my voice [Ab] would ring as I [F] released my [Bb] icy [G] chains.
And spring [Eb] I'd bubble and forget the [Dm] winter's [Eb] rains.
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[Gm] I'm only a [Cm] child of [Ab] man. _ _ _
_ [Gm] I'm only a child of [Eb] [Ab] man. _
_ _ _ [C] Just an innocent [G] child [Ab] of man.
[Bb] Don't look so surprised with my [F] [Gm] shining glow.
_ It's the [Bb] sunlight in the sky that is making it [Fm] so.
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Don't look so surprised with my [F] [Gm] shining glow. _
It's the [Bb] sunlight in the [Eb] sky that is [Bb] making it so.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] If I were a joyful songbird, [Eb] _ [Bb] all winter long so cold and _ somber,
[Fm] grass would make [Eb] me sing, my voice [Ab] would ring like [F] tiny bells on [Bb] scarves of silk.
[G] A song [Cm] as beautiful and pure [Bb] as mother's milk.
_ _ _ _ I'm [Cm] only a [Bb] child [Ab] of man.
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I'm only a [Gm] child [Cm] of [Ab] man. _ _ _
_ Just an [Cm] innocent [Gm] child [Eb] of _ man.
[Bb] Don't look so surprised with my [F] [Gm] shining glow.
[C] _ [Bb] It's the sunlight in the sky that [Eb] is making [Bb] it [Ab] so.
_ _ [Bb] Don't look so surprised with my [F] [Gm] shining glow.
[Eb] It's the sunlight in the sky [Cm] that is making [Bb] it [Eb] so.
_ [Bb] _ Don't [Dm] be _ [Gm] surprised _ by this look in my eyes.
[Bb] _
_ Like a flower [Cm] or tree, _
[Bb] _ I will bloom in the spring.
_ I will shed [Gm] all my woes as the green grass grows.
_ _ Like a flower [Cm] or tree, _
[Bb] I'll throw my head back and [Ab] sing.
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[Bb] _ [C] If I [F] were a [C] daisy flower, _ _ _ _ I'd paint a clover. _
[Gm] The spring would make [F] me sing, my [Bb] voice would ring as [G] tiny birds [C] begin to [A] bloom.
In [F] spring I'd blossom and fall, yet the [C] winter's cool. _ _ _ _
But I'm [Dm] only a [Am] child [C] of man. _ _ _
_ [Dm] I'm only a [Am] child [Bb] of man.
Just an _ _ _ _ [F] innocent [Am] child [Bb] of man.
_ [C] _ Don't look so surprised [G] with my [Am] shining glow.
[F] It's the sunlight in the sky [C] that is making it so.
[Gm] _ _ [C]
Don't look so surprised with my shining glow.
[F] It's the sunlight in the sky [C] that is making it so.
_ _ Don't be surprised _ by this look [F] in my eyes.
_ _ Like a flower [Dm] or tree, _ _ _ I will [G] bloom [C] in the spring.
_ _ I will shed all my [Am] _ woes as the green [F] grass grows.
_ _ Like [Am] a flower or tree, [F] _ I'll throw my head [C] back and sing.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Noetí et operá, que [C] et operá. _ _ _ _
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