Nobodys Child Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays656

Nobodys Child by Traveling Wilburys is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B7, E, E7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			

 B7                      E 
|-------|-------|-------|-------| 

   E                       E7              A 
As I was slowly passing an orphan's home today 
    B7                                                 E 
I'd stop for just a little while to watch the children play 
                               E7               A 
Alone, a boy was standing, and when I asked him why 
   B7                                                  E 
He turned with eyes that could not see and he began to cry 
   
    E                   E7        A     B7                              E 
I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child, Just like a flower, I'm growing wild 
                          E7         A      B7                            E 
No mama's arms to hold me no daddy's smiles Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child 

 B7                      E 
|-------|-------|-------|-------| 


   E                                E7               A  
In every town and village there are places just like this 
     B7                                        E 
With rows and rows of children babys in their cribs 
                                              E7          A 
They've long since stopped their crying cause no one ever hears 
    B7                                               E 
And no one's there to notice them or take away their tears 


E               E7        A     B7                                E 
Nobody's child, nobody's child, Just like a flower, their growing wild 
                      E7         A      B7                                E 
Got no mommies kisses no daddy's smiles Nobody wants them, their nobody's child 

E                     E7        A     B7                                E 
Nobody's child, their nobody's child, Just like a flower, their growing wild 
                 E7         A      B7                                E 
No mama's kisses no daddy's smiles Nobody wants them, their nobody's child 

B7                        n.C.       E 
Nobody wants them.. their no__body's child 
    	

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