Beautiful Child chords by Archie Roach

Chords with lyrics

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Oh my beautiful child, My beautiful child
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The brightest of stars, Couldn't match your sweet smile
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But you grew up too soon, Far beyond your young years
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Now all that remains, Is your memory and tears

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You were always to blame, And they put you through hell
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Then they locked you away, In a dark lonely cell
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But you weren't really bad, Just a little bit wild
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Now they'll hound you no more, Oh my beautiful child

G+G                 D MajorD
Beautiful beautiful child, Now you are free
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Free from this heartache and pain and misery
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When that I found your body that day, Some said you'd smiled
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And I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child


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You'd been locked up before, But you always came back
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With your head held high and so pround to be black
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But the last time they came, How could I have known
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When they took you away, That you'd never come home

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Yet they pushed you around, cause your skin wasn't white
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And although you were gentle, You learn't how to fight
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And you fought all your life, Though you didn't fail
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But you deserved better than to die in some jail


G+G                 D MajorD
Beautiful beautiful child, Now you are free
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Free from this heartache and pain and misery
G+G                        D MajorD
When that I found your body that day, Some said you'd smiled
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And I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child
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And I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child