{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1111299,"song":"When A Child Is Born","artist":"Johnny Mathis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11247153-when-a-child-is-born-chords-by-johnny-mathis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1111299?type=chord","rating":4.83888,"votes":201,"content":"[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nA ray of hope flickers in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]\r\nA tiny star lights up way up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll across the land, dawns a brand new morn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis comes to pass when a child is born[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nA silent wish sails the seven seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe winds of change whisper in the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis comes to pass when a child is born[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nA rosy hue settles all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou've got the feel you're on solid ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis comes to pass when a child is born[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd all of this happens because the world is waiting,\r\nWaiting for one child\r\nBlack, white, yellow, no-one knows\r\nBut a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,\r\nHate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour\r\nAnd misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's all a dream, an illusion now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt must come true, sometime soon somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll across the land, dawns a brand new morn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis comes to pass when a child is born[/tab]","plain_text":"And all of this happens because the world is waiting,\nWaiting for one child\nBlack, white, yellow, no-one knows\nBut a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,\nHate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour\nAnd misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever","chords":["G","D","C","A","Em","Bm","Am","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}