{"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":1762727,"song":"Beautiful Child","artist":"Archie Roach","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11382967-beautiful-child-chords-by-archie-roach/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1762727?type=chord","rating":4.87901,"votes":23,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh my beautiful child,  My beautiful child [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe brightest of stars, Couldn't match your sweet smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nBut you grew up too soon, Far beyond your young years [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow all that remains, Is your memory and tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou were always to blame, And they put you through hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they locked you away, In a dark lonely cell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nBut you weren't really bad, Just a little bit wild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow they'll hound you no more, Oh my beautiful child[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeautiful beautiful child, Now you are free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFree from this heartache and pain and misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen that I found your body that day, Some said you'd smiled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'd been locked up before, But you always came back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith your head held high and so pround to be black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the last time they came, How could I have known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen they took you away, That you'd never come home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYet they pushed you around, cause your skin wasn't white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd although you were gentle, You learn't how to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you fought all your life, Though you didn't fail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nBut you deserved better than to die in some jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeautiful beautiful child, Now you are free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFree from this heartache and pain and misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen that I found your body that day, Some said you'd smiled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I was with you right now my beautiful child[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["D","A","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}