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My Wild Child

Cowboy Junkies
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
/  repeated with an  bass strum. (  is just X02200)
Betrayed?  It's the question
That  I am asking
 (Aadd9/  etc.)
 Or just a lucky one deceived by too much love?
Confused.  Is the issue.
I'm  in need of a rescue
Another lucky  one stunned by too  much love
My  Wild child
She's  my salvaged shipwreck.
 My wild child,  She's my stone.
My  Wild child
 She's my constant  reminder.
 My wild child,  She's my Home.
 Back to /
Lost,  Is the place
Where  I'm hammering stakes
 (Aadd9/  etc.)
 Sign says "a lucky one deceived by too much love"
Saved,  is the state
That  we're told was graced
He  was just a lucky  one stunned by too  much love
My  Wild child
 She's my salvaged  shipwreck.
 My wild child,  She's my stone.
My  Wild child
She's  my constant reminder.
 My wild child,  She's my home.
 Back to /
Life,  is the riddle
That  we're caught in the middle
A  couple of lucky  ones tangled up in too  much love
My  Wild child
 She's my salvaged  shipwreck.
 My wild child,  She's my stone.
My  Wild child
She's  my constant reminder.
 My wild child,  She's my home.
 Back to /
 - Notes: They go to Am briefly between first and second parts of the chorus, which is a
 nicer than just dwelling on the F, but I left it out of the transcription for
  I also wrote the lyrics as I hear them rather than the liner notes, since I think
 that this is how it's sung.

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Readable chord sheet for My Wild Child by Cowboy Junkies

[Am]/[Aadd9] repeated with an [A] bass strum.  ([Aadd9] is just X02200)

[Am]Betrayed? It's the [C]question
[G]That I am [Am]asking
[F]         [G]                     [Am]            (Aadd9/[Am] etc.)
Or just a lucky one deceived by too much love?

[Am]Confused.  Is the [C]issue.
[G]I'm in need of a [Am]rescue
[F]Another [G]lucky one stunned by [Am]too much love

[Aadd9] [Am]
[F]

[F]My Wild [Am]child
[G]She's my salvaged ship[Am]wreck.
My wild [G]child, She's my [F]stone.
[F]My Wild [Am]child
She's my [G]constant remi[Am]nder.
My wild [G]child, She's my [Am]Home.

Back to [Am]/[Aadd9]

[Am]Lost, Is the [C]place
[G]Where I'm hammering [Am]stakes
[F]             [G]                    [Am]            (Aadd9/[Am] etc.)
Sign says "a lucky one deceived by too much love"

[Am]Saved, is the [C]state
[G]That we're told was [Am]graced
[F]He was just a l[G]ucky one stunned by [Am]too much love

[Aadd9] [Am]
[F]

[F]My Wild [Am]child
She's my [G]salvaged ship[Am]wreck.
My wild [G]child, She's my [F]stone.
[F]My Wild [Am]child
[G]She's my constant remi[Am]nder.
My wild [G]child, She's my [Am]home.

Back to [Am]/[Aadd9]

[Am]Life, is the [C]riddle
[G]That we're caught in the [Am]middle
[F]A couple of [G]lucky ones tangled up in [Am]too much love

[Aadd9] [Am]
[F]

[F]My Wild [Am]child
She's my [G]salvaged ship[Am]wreck.
My wild [G]child, She's my [F]stone.
[F]My Wild [Am]child
[G]She's my constant remi[Am]nder.
My wild [G]child, She's my [Am]home.

Back to [Am]/[Aadd9]

- Notes: They go to Am briefly between first and second parts of the chorus, which is a
nicer than just dwelling on the F, but I left it out of the transcription for
 I also wrote the lyrics as I hear them rather than the liner notes, since I think
that this is how it's sung.

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