Heaven Help The Child - Bill Callahan Chords
Chords: C, F, G, Am, Am/G, Bound, Biscay, Bay, Am/B, Am7
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Genre: indie, folk, blues
and chords
are slightly different.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
1912 in New York I took a walk up to Park Avenue
F C
To sip some brew with my good friend
C
Maggie the bohemian
C
Lord she's quite a woman of the world
F G
And I'm the envy of the men
[Chorus]
Am Am/G F
Heaven help the child
Am Am/G F
Heaven help the child
[Verse 2]
C
Paris in the 20s
Am F
Why it can offer plenty to a young man
C
With a vision so they say
C
With a friend named Fitzgerald
Am
I was headed for the old world
F
On a merchant steamer
G
Bound for Biscay Bay
[Chorus]
Am Am/B F
Heaven help the child
Am Am/B F
Heaven help the child
C Cmaj7/B Am7 Am7/G F
Take him back to where he has never been
[Bridge]
Am F
We're all building walls, they should be bridges
Am F
We're all building walls, they should be bridges
C
Nothing like a freight train to get you to the city
F C
Would you pick another sad song for me Jim
C
I hate to leave the old man all alone to work the cotton
F G
But the country never seems to bother him
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