When a child is born Chords
When a child is born by Johnny Mathis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, Em, Dm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(verse 1)
C G C - F - C
A ray of hope flickers in the sky
Am G
A tiny star lights up way up high
F G Em
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
Am G Dm G7 C -F-C
This comes to pass when a child is born
(verse 2)
C G C - F - C
A silent wish sails the seven seas
Am G
The winds of change whisper in the trees
F G Em
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn
Am G Dm G7 C -F-C
This comes to pass when a child is born
(verse 3)
A rosy hue settles all around
You've got the feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born
(verse 4)
And all of this happens because the world is waiting
Waiting for one child
Black, white, yellow, no-one knows
But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter
Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour
And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever
(verse 5)
It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true, sometime soon somehow
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
(verse 6)
C G C - F - C
A ray of hope flickers in the sky
Am G
A tiny star lights up way up high
F G Em
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
Am G Dm G7 C -F-C
This comes to pass when a child is born