My Child Is Alive!
Released in 2021 by Dimple Discs
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
D/F#
Bb/E
VERSE 1
He
Am
never knew the mother, they just
Cm
fell together once
Did
F7
what he could to
Dm6
dodge her until after
Am
nine full months
The
Am
baby didn’t make it, quite a
Cm
scandal in the town
Daddy
F7
joined the civil
Dm6
clergy, gained sal
Am6
vation
profound
Cm
Now the police for the
F#dim
cover they need
Make his
F7/D#
lovers believe my
Eb
child’s alive!
Fm7b5
C#/F
Eb
Fm7b5
C#/F
Aaug
Bbm7
Aaug
Bbm7
Ebmaj7
VERSE 2
Then
Am
on to Palo Alto, where old
Cm
Atlas never shrugs
He rode
F7
onto Palo
Dm6
Alto, cashed the
Am6
teenage misfit’s grudge
He’s de
Am
nouncing her for murder, though live
Cm
birth has been disproved
Homi
F7
cidal
adver
Dm6
torial, proof of
Am
sale
removed
Cm
Hunt saboteurs, Shankill
F#dim
legionnaires
All
F7/D#
swear that my child is a
F7
live!
Abmaj7
Lean in on democracy with your
Bb/D
Steak breath and your
Fm
nostrils
a
Cm7
blaze
C#6
Abmaj7
Print that judge’s home address because
Bb/D
He said there was
Fm
no way I’m
Cm7
Granddad to those
Eb7/C#
hunt sabs and I
Cm7
hate
Eb7/C#
that
Adim7
Mother Church – keep Mick A
Adim
merica
sweet
I don’t
F7/D#
need the receipt ‘cos my
Eb
child
Fm7b5
is
C#/F
a
Eb
live
OUTRO
Eb
Fm7b5
C#/F
(Think only positive thoughts and put them immediately into action)