Child Star chords by T Rex

Chords with lyrics

D9D9

E MajorE --0--
BB --1--
G+G --2--
D MajorD --0--
A augmentedA --0--
E MajorE --x--

D9D9
Mountain eyes, peeping out if his head (-ah)
Sipping tea, composing in his bed (-ah)
                      C majorC
A augmentedA hundred hands working on a musical of old
  C majorC    A minorAm      C majorC    A minorAm    C majorC
Debussy and Mendelssohn Handel and Dvorak of old

C majorC                            A minorAm
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you'd go far
C majorC                         A minorAm
Child star, they do not see just what a precious gem you'd be

(slightly slower)
D MajorD
Sad to see them watching you fade into in (-ah) invisibilty


D9D9
Twelve years old, your elvish fingers kiss your
Beethoven hair the awesome people stare
                             C majorC
They're un-aware of all the angel sounds they see and hear

 C majorC     A minorAm      C majorC    A minorAm     C majorC
Debussy and Mendelssohn Handel and Dvorak they hear

C majorC                           A minorAm
Child star, protegee of Mister Gomez who said you'd go far
C majorC                              A minorAm
Child star, and when you died at just thirteen they wept and wrung their hair

(slightly slower)
D MajorD
Sad to see them mourning you and you are there within the flowers and the trees
C majorC                           A minorAm
Child star, protegee of Mister Gomez who said you'd go far