Child Of Man Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D9*: 004230 Dsus7/9*: XX0220 G6*: 005430 A7/A♯: 012020

AIf I were a D9desert fAlower

All winter long I’d pain and cower

E7Spring would make me sF♯ingD

My voice would Gring

As tiny bE/G♯uds begin to Abloom A7 A♯

In spring I’d Bmblossom and E7forget

The winters Agloom. D9 A

If I were a brook of water

Kissed by the frost along my borders

Spring would make me sing my voice would ring

As I’d release my ice chains

In spring I’d bubble and forget the winter’s rains.

ABut I am only a Bmchild F♯mof maG6n

I am only a child of man

Just an innocent child of man

A C♯m F♯m 7

Don’t look so surprised as my eyes shine and glow

Dsus7/9* D9* A (G6*)

It’s the sunlight in the skies that is making me so. [X2]

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If I were a joyful songbird

All winter long so cold and somber

Spring would make me sing

My voice would ring like tiny bells on scarves of silk

A song as beautiful and pure as mothers milk.

But I am only a child of man

I am only a child of man

Just an innocent child of man

Don’t look so surprised as my eyes shine and glow

It’s the sunlight in the skies that is making me so. [X2]

Don't be surpF♯mrised - By this look in my Dsus7eyes

Like a flower or Bm7tree - I will bloom in the spAring

I will shed G♯all my F♯mwoes - As the green grass gDsus7rows

Like a flower or Bm7tree - I will throw my head back and AsinGg D A

If I were a desert flower, desert flower..