When A Child Is Born Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays396

When A Child Is Born by Rebecca Parris 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.

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  			Intro: C G C F C Am G F G F G Em Am G Dm G7 C  

      C     G              C   F   C                  Am               G      F    G   
A ray of hope flickers in the sky  a tiny star lights up way up high   
       F               G                Em                         Am               G     Dm      G7          C   G7 C 
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn this comes to pass when a child is born   
                G               C   F   C                           Am                G       F    G  
A silent wish sails the seven seas the winds of change whisper in the trees   
         F               G                  Em                          Am                G     Dm       G7      C     G7 C 
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn this comes to pass when a child is born   
              G             C   F   C                Am                               G   F   G  
A rosy hue settles all around  you've got the feel you're on solid ground   
         F                         G                Em     Am               G        Dm       G7        C  G7 C  
For a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn  this comes to pass when a child is born   
 recitate and Chorus 
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   
          C     G              C   F   C                Am               G   F   G  
It's all a dream, an illusion now it must come true, sometime soon somehow   
       F               G                Em                         Am               G      Dm      G7         C   G7 C 
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn this comes to pass when a child is born  
          C     G              C   F   C                  Am               G   F   G  
A ray of hope flickers in the sky a tiny star lights up way up high   
       F               G                Em                         Am               G    Dm        G7        C   G7 C 
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn this comes to pass when a child is born 
Chorus 
                                        G             C        F       C                   
Hum. hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum 
                           Am       G                 F            G   
Hum. hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante