Child Of Mine (acoustic) Chords

KeyA Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays424

Child Of Mine (acoustic) by Carole King is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords A, E, G, D, Bm, E7, B7, C, F, G7, Dm and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Capo III* 

A E G D A 

 A                          E 
Although you see the world different than me 
Bm                             D                A 
Sometimes I can touch upon the wonders that you see 
A                      Bm 
All the new colors and pictures you've designed 
D        
Oh yes, sweet darling  
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

A        D E            A D 
Child of mine, child of mine 
Bm 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

A                             E 
You don't need direction, you know which way to go 
Bm                                   D                      A 
And I don't want to hold you back, I just want to watch you grow 
A                                Bm 
You're the one who taught me you don't have to look behind 
D 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

A        D E            A D 
Child of mine, child of mine 
Bm 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

D                        A 
Nobody's gonna kill your dreams 
   Bm       E7     E         A 
Or tell you how to live your life 
         D                           B7 
There'll always be people to make it hard for a while 
    D                                   A       E  E7 E 
But you'll change their heads when they see you smile 

    A                          E 
The times you were born in may not have been the best 
    Bm                             D               A 
But you can make the times to come better than the rest 
  A                              E                
I know you will be honest if you can't always be kind 
D 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

A        D E            A D 
Child of mine, child of mine 
Bm 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

A        D E            A D 
Child of mine, child of mine 
Bm 
Oh yes, sweet darling 
   E7             E        A 
So glad you are a child of mine 

* Alternate: 

Open 

A  = C 
E  = G 
D  = F 
E7 = G7 
E  = G 
Bm = Dm 
B7 = D7 

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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante