{title: Nobody's child}
{artist: Traveling Wilburys}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 56}
{key: Eb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Bb] [Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
As [Eb]I was slowly passing an orphan's home to[Ab]day
I [Bb]stopped for just a little while to [Bb7]watch the children [Eb]play
A [Eb]lonely boy was standing and when I asked him [Ab]why
he [Bb]turned with eyes that could not see and [Bb7]he began to [Eb]cry
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
I'm [Eb]nobody's child, I'm nobody's [Ab]child
[Bb] just like a flower, [Bb7] I'm growing [Eb]wild
No [Eb]mamma's arms to hold me, no daddy is [Ab]mine
[Bb]nobody wants me, I'm [Bb7]nobody's [Eb]child
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{start_of_part: Link}
[Bb] [Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
In [Eb]every town and village there're places just like [Ab]this
with [Bb]rows and rows of children, [Bb7]baby's in their [Eb]cribs
They've [Eb]longed since stopped the crying as no-one ever [Ab]hears
and [Bb]no-one's there to notice them or [Bb7]take away their [Eb]fears
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[Eb]Nobody's child, nobody's [Ab]child
[Bb] Just like a flower, [Bb7] they're growing [Eb]wild
[Eb]Got no mammy's kisses and no daddy is [Ab]mine
[Bb] nobody wants them, they're [Bb7]nobody's [Eb]child
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[Eb]Nobody's child, nobody's [Ab]child
[Bb] Just like a flower, [Bb7] they're growing [Eb]wild
[Eb]Got no mammy's kisses and no daddy is [Ab]mine
[Bb] nobody wants them, they're [Bb7]nobody's [Eb]child
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
[Bb]Nobody wants them, they're nobody's [Eb]child
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