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)
Am D Am
Who-ooh, whoo-aoh.
[Verse 1](Acoustic guitar, piano, bass, brushes & tambourine, over)
Am D F
Child you're talking of freedom,
E Am
Painted on your garden wall.(Acoustic guitar, over)
Am
It's not there at all,
Am C F
Child you're talking of wisdom.
E Am
You say wisdom is a golden rule,
Am
You ain't no fool.
C D
But you don't know who it is, (Acoustic guitar & tambourine, over)
Am
Who calls you name.
C D Am
In the light of the golden moon,
C D Am
You don't know who it is who brought you here.
C G D
And chain-ed up your heart, (Tambourine, over)
C Am
So so-on.
[Interlude 1](Piano & Acoustic guitar)
Am G Am C
[Verse 2]
Am C F
Child, yeah, you're life is a fairytale,
E Am
And it's not the same. Oh-oh.
G
In the clouds, Oh-h,
Am F
You're hiding behind.
E Am
In your misty mind have disappeared,
C D Am
Like a sailor far from the shores of your dreams.
C D Am
And far from the love of your home,
C D Am
Sailor lost on your own misty seas.
C G D
And the chains on your heart, baby,
Am C Am C Am
Might be my love, (Wailing guitar, over)
C Am C Am
Might be my love.
D Am
It's so confusing,
C Am D Am D Am
When you feel that you're losing, ____ your-self. (Piano, over)
Am C F
But, there, huh oh yeah, over the mountains,
E Am
That you thought you'd never have to climb.
C
There's a road, oh yeah.
C F
Reaching and stretching.
E Am C
To the corner of your mind, ohhh,. (Wailing guitar, over)
D Am
Like a river casts aside the dust.
C D Am
And grows and grows, as it flows,
C D Am
The feeling deep inside of you must,
C G D
Break like a dam.
[Coda]
Am C Am C Am
So set you free, so set you free, (Wailing guitar, over)
C Am C
So set you free, Hmmm-mmm, Ahhh-hhh
D Am
Hmmm-mmm, Hmmm-mmm.(Piano, over)
C D C Am C D
Oh yeah. ______ (Bass, over)
C Am C D C Am (sustained)
Hmmm-mmm, Hmmm-mmm.
[End]