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Only Child

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[Intro]
 Am   Gx2
[Verse 1]
AmOnly Gchild, Amonly Gson
DmTreated like a cAmriminal eGver since day oDne
AmOnly Gchild, Amwhere do you Ggo?
DAnd are you Amcoming back again?
G'Cause no one wants to Dknow
AmOnly Gchild, Amone of these Gdays
DmSomeone's gonna cAmome around
GAnd try to make you Dchange
[Interlude]
Am G Am G Dm  Am G D
[Verse 2]
AmOnly Gchild, Amsensitive Gsoul
DmYou see the beauty in eAmverything
GWithout ever being Dtold
[Chorus]
FI thought about leaving you once or Ctwice
Leaving it Gall behind and never think Dtwice
FSomewhere far away on a beach sounds Cnice
Nothing Gon my mind, nothing Don my mind
[Interlude]
Am G Am G
[Verse 3]
AmOnly GchildAm, the prodigal Gson
DmHas come back hAmome again
GTo get his laundry Ddone
[Interlude]
Am G Am G D  Am G D
[Chorus]
FI thought about leaving you once or Ctwice
Leaving it Gall behind and never think Dtwice
FSomewhere far away on a beach sounds Cnice
Nothing Gon my mind, nothing Don my mind
[Outro]
 Am   G   Am   G    Dm   Am   G   Dx2

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Only Child

by The Raconteurs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Am G

[Verse 1]

Am G Am G

Only child, only son

Dm Am G D

Treated like a criminal ever since day one

Am G Am G

Only child, where do you go?

D Am

And are you coming back again?

G D

'Cause no one wants to know

Am G Am G

Only child, one of these days

Dm Am

Someone's gonna come around

G D

And try to make you change

[Interlude]

Am G Am G Dm Am G D

[Verse 2]

Am G Am G

Only child, sensitive soul

Dm Am

You see the beauty in everything

G D

Without ever being told

[Chorus]

F C

I thought about leaving you once or twice

G D

Leaving it all behind and never think twice

F C

Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice

G D

Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind

[Interlude]

Am G Am G

[Verse 3]

Am G Am G

Only child, the prodigal son

Dm Am

Has come back home again

G D

To get his laundry done

[Interlude]

Am G Am G D Am G D

[Chorus]

F C

I thought about leaving you once or twice

G D

Leaving it all behind and never think twice

F C

Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice

G D

Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind

[Outro]

Am G Am G Dm Am G D

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