Chords
Love Child

Key: B

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
Bm  
  You think that I don't feel love,
C  
  But what I feel for you is real love.
Am  
  In other's eyes I see reflected,
     F                                    E7  
a hurt, scorned...    rejected.
Am                                 G  
Love child...    never meant to be.
F                                    E  
Love child...    born in poverty.
Am                                 G  
Love child...    never meant to be.
F                                    E  
Love child...    take a look at me.
#2.
     Am                                                              G                         D                 Am  
I started my life...    in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum (tenement slum).
        G                                      D                         Am  
My father left, he never even married Mom.
     C#m7                                         C  
I shared the guilt my Mama knew,
D                                    F                                 E  
so afraid that others knew I had no name.
Bm  
  This love we're contemplatin',
C  
  Is worth the pain of waitin'.
Am  
  We'll only end up hatin',
F                                 E7  
  The child we may be creatin'.
Am                                 G  
Love child...    never meant to be.
F                                    E  
Love child...    scorned by society.
Am                                 G  
Love child...    always second best.
F                                    E  
Love child...    different from the rest.
Am                                                      G            D  
     (Hold on, Hold on)...Mmmm, baby.
Am                                                      G            D  
     (Hold on, Hold on)...Mmmm, baby.
#2.
Am                                                              G                         D  
I started school...    in a worn, torn dress that
          Am  
somebody threw out.
     G                                      D                                      Am  
I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt,
        C#m7                            C  
to be without the simple things,
D                              F                                                            E  
so afraid my friends would see...the guilt in me.
Bm  
  Don't think that I don't need ya,
C  
  Don't think I don't wanna please ya.
Am  
  But no child of mine'll be bearin',
F                            E7  
the name of shame I've been wearin'.
Am                                                              G  
Love child, Love child... never quite as good,
F                                                    E  
afraid... ashamed... misunderstood.
          Am                         G                            F                              E                              Am  
But I'll always love you....I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
                                G                            F                                 E                              Am  
I'll always love you....I'll,    always love you hoo hoo.
                                G                            F                                 E                              Am  
I'll always love you....I'll,    always love you hoo hoo.
                          G                              F                                                    E                              Am  
     you hoo hoo, you hoo hoo... I'll,    always love you hoo hoo.
                                  G                                                                              F                                                              E  
Take a look, take a look, take a look at me      Love child love child, ohhh
Am                                 G                            F                                 E                              Am  
        I'll always love you....I'll,    always love you hoo hoo.