Waiting For My Child Chords by Patty Griffin

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ I was talking _ to a lady _ a few days [Bb] ago
_ _ [F] And these are the words _ [C] she said
_ If _ _ [F] you see my child somewhere
_ [Bb] As you journey here [F] and there
Tell them I'm waiting for [C] my child
[F] To come home
[Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] [F] I am waiting, _ I am waiting
_ [Bb] For my [F] child to come
_ I am waiting, _ _ waiting
[Bb] For my child to [C] come
[Gm] [F] If he _ can't come home
[Bb] Could he please send me [F] a letter
[Gm] _ [F] A letter _ [C] would mean so [F] much to _ [Bb] me
[F] _
_ _ [Gm] [F] For my child may be somewhere
_ On his [Bb] _
sickbed
With [F] no one to rub his aching [C] _ head
For _ _ [F] my child may be somewhere
In some lonely [Bb] _
jail
[F] With no _ [C] one there to go [F] his bed _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] If I only _ knew what town _ [Bb] my child [F] was in
_ I'd be there on that early _ [C] morning train _
_ _ And [F] no matter _ what the crime
_ [Bb] Lord you know that [F] child is mine
That's why I'll be waiting
For my [C] child [F] to come home _
_ _ _ I am waiting, _ _ waiting
_ [Bb] For my _ child [F] to come
_ I am waiting, _ _ waiting
_ [Bb] For my [C] child to come
If [F] he _ can't [Cm] come home
[Bb] Could he please [F] send me a [Bb] letter
[F] _ A letter _ [C] would mean so [F] much to me _
I _ am waiting, _
[C] _ waiting
[F] I am waiting, [Bb] waiting _ _ _ _ _ _
I am [F] waiting _ _ _ _
For my [C] _ child to _ _ come _ [Bb] home _
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