Bm
You think that I don't feel love,
C
But what I feel for you is real love.
Am
In other's eyes I see reflected,
FE7
a hurt, scorned... rejected.
Chorus:
AmG
Love child... never meant to be.
FE
Love child... born in poverty.
AmG
Love child... never meant to be.
FE
Love child... take a look at me.
#2.
AmGDAm
I started my life... in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum (tenement slum).
GDAm
My father left, he never even married Mom.
C#m7C
I shared the guilt my Mama knew,
DFE
so afraid that others knew I had no name.
Chorus:#2.
Bm
This love we're contemplatin',
C
Is worth the pain of waitin'.
Am
We'll only end up hatin',
FE7
The child we may be creatin'.
AmG
Love child... never meant to be.
FE
Love child... scorned by society.
AmG
Love child... always second best.
FE
Love child... different from the rest.
AmGD
(Hold on, Hold on)...Mmmm, baby.
AmGD
(Hold on, Hold on)...Mmmm, baby.
#2.
AmGD
I started school... in a worn, torn dress that
Am
somebody threw out.
GDAm
I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt,
C#m7C
to be without the simple things,
DFE
so afraid my friends would see...the guilt in me.
Bm
Don't think that I don't need ya,
C
Don't think I don't wanna please ya.
Am
But no child of mine'll be bearin',
FE7
the name of shame I've been wearin'.
AmG
Love child, Love child... never quite as good,
FE
afraid... ashamed... misunderstood.
Outro:
AmGFEAm
But I'll always love you....I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
GFEAm
I'll always love you....I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
GFEAm
I'll always love you....I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
GFEAm
you hoo hoo, you hoo hoo... I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
GFE
Take a look, take a look, take a look at me Love child love child, ohhh
AmGFEAm
I'll always love you....I'll, always love you hoo hoo.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.