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| D | G | A | D | |
| I am a | child | in t | hese h | ills |
| A | |
| I am aw | ay |
| D | G | A | |
| I am al | one |
| D | G | A | D | G | |
| I am a | child | in t | hese h | ills |
| A | D | G | |
| And | looking for | water |
| A | D | |
| And | looking for | life |
| A | G | |
| Who will | show me the river and | ask my name? |
| D | D/F# | G | Em/A | |
| Is there | nobody | here who'll | do that? |
| D | G/A | |
| Well I have | come to these hills |
| D | G | G/A | |
| I will | come to the river |
| D | G/A | D | G | G/A | |
| As I | choose to be | gone from the | house of my father |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | D | G | A | |
| I am a | chi | ld | in these | hills |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | D | D/E | D/F# | |
| I am A | chi | ld |
| Interlude |
| |G G/F# |Em A |D G |G/F# Em | |
| |G G/F# |Em A |D |D | |
| Bb | F | |
| Chased from the gates of the city where no one had | touched me |
| A | |
| I am | away |
| G | |
| I am | alone |
| Bm | E7 | |
| I am a | child in these | hills |
| G | |
| And looking for | water |
| D | |
| And looking for | life |
| A | G | |
| Who will | show me the river and | ask my name? |
| D | D/F# | G | Em/A | |
| Is there | nobody | here who'll | do that? |
| D | G/A | |
| Well I have | come to these hills |
| D | G | G/A | |
| I will | come to the river |
| D | G/A | D | G | G/A | |
| As I | choose to be | gone from the | house of my father |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | D | G | A | |
| I am a | chi | ld | in these | hills |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | D | D/E | D/F# | |
| I am A | chi | ld |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | D | G | A | |
| I am A | chi | ld |
| G | G/F# | Em | A | |
| I am A | chi | ld |
| Coda: |
| |D |D/C |Bm7 |Bbmaj7 | |
| |D |D/C |Bm7 |Bbmaj7 | |
| |D || |
| Voicings Coda chords: |
| EADGBe |
| D x5423x |
| D/C x3423x |
| Bm7 x2423x |
| Bbmaj7 x1323x |
| Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) may 2007 |
| Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com |