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Guy Forsyth chords for Children of jack

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Children of Jack - Guy Forsyth

This is my first post - appreciate any constructive feedbck.
I think Guy plays this on Capo 2, but this reflects the absolute chords.
The bulk of the song is simply a G-D/F#-Em-C, and the chorus breaks out with C-C-G-Em-D/F#-G-D/F#.

The fingerpicking pattern goes like this:
  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
|----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|
|----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|----------0---|
|----------0------|----------0---|----------0---|------2-------|
|------2----------|------0-------|------2-------|--3-----------|
|--3--------------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
Intro:
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Em7C
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Em7C

Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD/F#D/F#    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
At night when I m out riding
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
Along the dark highway
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
I get a feeling inside me
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramC majorC
To throw all that I have away.

Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
And I'll leave all this behind me
          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
Like that job that I had in the day
        Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
All the black dressing soul testing lovers and liars
        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD/F#D/F#    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
And the speeding tickets I never pay

(Interlude, mostly just strumming these chords:)
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramD/F#D/F#  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#


Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7           Chord diagramC majorC
Do you believe in love at first sight
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
As a matter of fact I do
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
Every time that I open my eyes
Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
That saying comes true

      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7         Chord diagramC majorC
Cause I see you in the laundromat
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
Black Irish washerwoman in a funeral hat
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
Italian ballerina on an asphalt stage
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#          Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramC majorC
Bleach blond born of a Victorian age
Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
   Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramG+G
as we ride away in the light.

-Solo goes here-
|: Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Em7C  :| x3
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramG+G

       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC
And if I were to take you by force
    Chord diagramG+G     D/F#Em     Chord diagramC majorC
And carry you away
Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC
     Back to my bedroom
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
Just for music to play

        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
And I'd play you the songs that I've written
        Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#          Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
And the ones that I can't seem to write
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             Chord diagramE minor 7Em7         Chord diagramC majorC
Maybe you'd know what you're missing
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#          Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
Maybe you'd stay past the night


Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
   Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramG+G
as we ride away in the light.


   Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
My father he built me this backpack
        Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Just an inch or two big for real
     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
I'll pack my guitar and the smoke from this bar
   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramC majorC
My songs and one hot meal

         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7          Chord diagramC majorC
And I'll ride to the west chasing sunsets like gold
    Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC
At dawn I will ride to the east
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#                 Chord diagramE minor 7Em7         Chord diagramC majorC
I'll find all the friends that I've lost on the road
      Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7         Chord diagramC majorC
Maybe then I'll know me some peace


Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
   Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramG+G
as we ride away in the light.


        Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
There's so much more to this wonderful world
     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Then we are sold on TV
    Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC
So tell me if you are not already dead
     Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
That you'll come and live it with me

           Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             Chord diagramE minor 7Em7       Chord diagramC majorC
Leave your college plans to your one-night stands
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#              Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Your business clothes and the rest
        Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7            Chord diagramC majorC
There's pleasure enough in your heart and your hands
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Blue jeans suit you best


Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
   Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramG+G
as we ride away in the light.



Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramC majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
   Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramG+G
as we ride away in the light.

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