{title: Only a child}
{artist: Post & Pelzer}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 60}
{key: D}
{capo: 1}
{duration: 4:49}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{meta: url https://fwiep.nl/muziek/nearly-immeasurably-green}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[D] [G/B] [D/A] [G/B]
[D]only a [G/B]child, she was [D/A]only a [G/B]child
[D] [G] [D/A] [G] [D/A] [Gsus6]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
[D]only a child, [G/B]only a child
so [D]helpless and mild, [G/B]only a child
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[D] [G] [D] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
another [D]day, another [G]mourning
another [D/A]life, another [G]dawning
a little [D]girl, hopeless and [G]lost
the fear in her [D]eyes will end when she [G]dies
the tears on her [D/A]face will dry any[Gsus6]way
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[D] you know the answer, [G] you feel the hate
[D] there is no freedom, [G] there is no faith
[D] a silenced cry [G] peace is for the few
[D] no independence, but [Gsus6]what could we do?
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{chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[D] [G] [D] [G]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
I wanna [D]die, leave her in [G]peace
please take my [D]life, take all you [G]need
please turn a[D]way from all that's [G/B]done
turn a[D]round into the [G]sun
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[D] [G/B] [Cadd9] [G/B] [C] [D]
[D] [G/B] [Cadd9] [G/B] [C] [D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[D] let all the children just be [G/B]free
[C] let all the children just be [D]free
[D] let them climb into a [G/B]tree
[C] and see how nice it all could [D]be
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Outtro, repeat, fade}
[D]only a child, [G/B]only a child
so [C]helpless and mild to [D]me and you
{end_of_part}