Child Of Clay by Jimmie Rodgers

Chords used in this song

Gsus4 320013

Recorded key B major
Capo Fret 4

Intro
G / Gsus4 / | G / Gsus4 / | G / Gsus4 / | G / Gsus4 / ||

Verse 1
[G]Into the darkness [Bm]he was sent by [C]parents’[D]
Who were [G]ignorant hm, [F]hm
[G]Tied down to his [Bm]mother's strings
Un[C]able to [D]be any[G]thing hm,[F] hm
[G]Puzzled by the things he hears
His [F]questions fall on [D]their deaf ears
The [G]father thinking [Bm]work comes first
Ain't [C]got the time [D]to quench a [G]thirst
No, no, no, no, no, [F]no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, [D]no
Chorus
Once he was a [G]child, a beautiful [C]child
A child of [G]clay 
Shaped and moulded into [C]what he is to[D]day
But who is to [Em]blame [C]for this child of [G]clay
Verse 2
[G]Going out[Bm] into the street at [C]night
The an[D]swers he may [G]meet hm [F]hm
With [G]sick and twisted [Bm]minds
He shares the [C]searching ques[D]tions
His heart [G]bears hm [F]hm
And [G]from the dregs
The answers find their [F]way into his supple [D]mind
In [G]time the planted [Bm]seeds will grow
In[C]to a twisted [D]vine be[G]low
No, no, no, no,[F] no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no,[D] no
Chorus
Once he was a [G]child, a beautiful [C]child
A child of [G]clay 
Shaped and moulded into [C]what he is to[D]day
But who is to [Em]blame [C]for this child of [G]clay
Verse 3
And[G] now his aimless [Bm]days begin
To [C]drift in[D]to sordid [G]sin hm, [F]hm
And [G]soon his dis[Bm]like turns to hate[C]
As the stamp of[D] life seals his [G]fate hm, [F]hm
And [G]so the night conceals his name
And the [F]days sleep off his [D]shame
De[G]prived of love and [Bm]wrought by fear
A [C]feeling that the [D]end is [G]near
No, no, no, no, no,[F] no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, [D]no
Chorus
Once he was a [G]child, a beautiful [C]child
A child of [G]clay 
Shaped and moulded into [C]what he is to[D]day
Tell me who is to [Em]blame [C]for this child of [G]clay
Repeat chorus & fade