Thank God for Kids Chords

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Thank God for Kids by Oak Ridge Boys is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A7, A, Bm, Em, Em7 and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			If it (D) weren't for kids have you (G) ever thought 
(D) There wouldn't be no (A7) Santa Claus 
Or (G) look what the stork just (A7) brought 
THANK GOD FOR (D) KIDS ...(A7) 
 
And (D) we'd all live in a (G) quiet house 
With-(D) out Big Bird or (A7) Mickey Mouse 
And (G) Kool Aid on the couch 
(A7) THANK GOD FOR (D) KIDS. 
 
THANK (G) GOD FOR KIDS, there's (A7) magic for a (D) while 
A (G) special kind of (A7) sunshine in a (D) smile 
Do you (G) ever stop to (A7) think or wonder (Bm) why ...(G) 
The nearest (D) thing to (Em) heaven (Em7) is a (Cmaj7) child...(A7) 
 
When you (D) get down on your (G) knees tonight 
To (D) thank the Lord for His (A7) guiding light 
And (G) pray they turn out (A7) rignt 
THANK GOD FOR (D) KIDS. 
 
Daddy, how does this thing fly? 
And a hundred other wheres and whys 
You really don't know but you try 
THANK GOD FOR KIDS. 
 
When you look down in those trusting eyes 
That look to you, you realize 
There's a love that you can't buy 
THANK GOD FOR KIDS. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante