Ooh Child Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays656

Ooh Child by The Five Stairsteps is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, F/A, Gm7, Gm7/C, Am, Gm, F, Db, Abmaj7/C, Bbm7, Bbm7/Eb, A, B, Fmaj7 and Bb/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
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16
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  			Intro: 
 
	Bb   F/A    Gm7  Gm7/C 
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  / 
 
	Bb   F/A    Bb Am Gm F 
	/  /  /  /   /    /    /    / 
 
Section A (2X each time): 
 
	Bb F/A 
	Ooh-oo child 
	 Gm7                               Gm7/C 
	Things are gonna {1,3: get  2: be} easier 
	Bb F/A 
	Ooh-oo child 
	                             Gm7      Gm7/C  
	Things'll {1,3: get  2: be} brighter 
 
Section B: 
 
	 Db Abmaj7/C 
	Some day, yeah 
	     Bbm7                      Bbm7/Eb 
	We'll get it together and we'll get it all done 
	 Db Abmaj7/C 
	Some day 
	                        Bbm7     Bbm7/Eb 
	When your head is much lighter 
 
	Some day, yeah 
	We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun 
	Some day 
	                        Bbm7 
	When the world is much brighter 
 
{repeat section A 
 
{repeat section B 
 
{repeat section A instrumentally (w/ "la-la-la" background vocals)} 
 
{repeat section B 
 
{repeat section A 
 
Coda {repeat to fade}: 
 
	     Fmaj7       Bb/F 
	Right now, right now 
 
	(you just wait and see   how things are gonna be) 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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