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]