Free - Child
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Capo: 7
Tuning: E A D G B E
Song: Child
Artist: Free
Album: Free At Last, 1972
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMfrPSGnSW8
Tempo: 3|4
Tuning: Standard
Capo 7
Chords: EADGBe
Am X02210
D XX0232
E 022100
C X32010
F 133211
G 320003
[Intro]
Am D Am D Am (arpeggiated acoustic guitar)
AmWho-ooh, Dwhoo-Amaoh.
[Verse 1](Acoustic guitar, piano, bass, brushes & tambourine, over)
AmChild you're Dtalking of Ffreedom,
EPainted on your garden wall.Am(Acoustic guitar, over)
AmIt's not there at all,
AmChild you're Ctalking of Fwisdom.
You say Ewisdom is a Amgolden rule,
AmYou ain't no fool.
CBut you don't know Dwho it is, (Acoustic guitar & tambourine, over)
AmWho calls you name.
CIn the light of the Dgolden Ammoon,
CYou don't know Dwho it is who Ambrought you here.
CAnd chain-ed Gup your Dheart, (Tambourine, over)
CSo Amso-on.
[Interlude 1](Piano & Acoustic guitar)
Am G Am C
[Verse 2]
AmChild, yeah, you're Clife is a Ffairytale,
EAnd it's not the same. AmOh-oh.
GIn the clouds, Oh-h,
AmYou're hiding Fbehind.
EIn your misty mind Amhave disappeared,
Like a Csailor Dfar from the Amshores of your dreams.
And Cfar from the Dlove of your Amhome,
CSailor Dlost on your Amown misty seas.
And the Cchains Gon your Dheart, baby,
Might be Ammy love,C Am(WaCilAming guitar, over)
CMight be my Amlove.C Am
DIt's so Amconfusing,
CWhen you feel Amthat you're Dlosing, Am____ Dyour-Amself. (Piano, over)
But, Amthere, huh oh yeah, Cover the Fmountains,
EThat you thought you'd never Amhave to climb.
There's Ca road, oh yeah.
CReaching and Fstretching.
To Ethe corner Amof your mind, Cohhh,. (Wailing guitar, over)
Like a Driver casts Amaside the dust.
And Cgrows and Dgrows, as it Amflows,
The Cfeeling deep Dinside of you Ammust,
CBreak Glike a Ddam.
[Coda]
AmSo set you free, Cso set you AmfreeC, Am(Wailing guitar, over)
CSo set you Amfree, Hmmm-mmm, CAhhh-hhh
DHmmm-mmm, AmHmmm-mmm.(Piano, over)
COh DyeaCh. Am___C__D_ (Bass, over)
C Am C D C Am (sustained)
Hmmm-mmm, Hmmm-mmm.
[End]