Society's Child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][E][D][E]
[Am][G][F][E]
[G][Dm]

[Verse 1]
Come to my [G]door,
[Dm]baby
Face is clean and shin[G]ing
black [Dm]as night
My mother went to [G]answer you know
That you [Dm]looked so [G]fine
Now [C]I could understand your
tears and your shame
[E]She called you "boy" instead
of your [Am]name
When she wouldn't [G]let you [F]inside
When she turned and said
"But honey, he's [G]not our kind."

[Verse 2]
[G]
She says
[Bm]I can't see you any mo[E]re, ba[Bm]by
Can't see you any[E]more[Dm]

[Verse 3]
Walk me down [G]to school,
[Dm]baby
Everybody's [G]acting
deaf [Dm]and blind
Until they turn [G]and say,
"Why don't you stick to [Dm]your own [G]kind."
[C]My teachers all laugh,
their smirking [E]stares
Cutting deep down in our
[Am]affairs
Preachers of [G]equality
[F]Think they believe it,
then why won't they just [G]let us be?

[Verse 4]
They say [Bm]I can't see you
any[E]more [Bm]baby
Can't see you any[E]more[Dm]

[Verse 5]
One of these days I'm [G]gonna
stop my [Dm]listening
Gonna raise [G]my head [Dm]up high
One of these days [G]I'm gonna raise
my glistening [Dm]wings and [G]fly[C]
[E]But that [G]day will [E]have to
wait for a [Bb]while[E]
Baby I'm only so[D]ciety's
[G]chi[Am]ld
When we're older things may [G]change
[F]But for now this is the way,
they [G]must remain

[Verse 6]
[G]I say I[Bm] can't see[E][Bm]
you any[E]more baby
[Am]Can't see you anymore[G]
[F]No, I won't see you [E]anymore,
[D][E]
[D][E]
[Am][G][F]
[E]baby

[Outro 1]
[E][A]