Waiting For My Child

waiting for my child by patty griffin album : downtown church track 11 2010 standard tuning capo on the 5th fret chords : C : x32010 F : x33211 or 133211 G : 320003 or 320033 if you prefer you can replace F by Fmaj7 ( xx3210 ) ( to play without a capo replace the chords above by F , A# & C ) Intro : C C F i was talking to a lady a few days ago C G and these are the words she said C if you see my child somewhere F C as you journey here and there G C tell him i’m waiting for my child to come home C F C i Am waiting and waiting for my child to come C F G i’m waiting and waiting for my child to come C if you can’t come home F C could you please send me a letter G C a letter would mean so much to me C oh my child may be somewhere F on his sick bed C G with no one there to rub his aching head C oh my child may be somewhere F in some lonely jail C G C ( G ) with no one there to go his bail C F C if i only knew what town my child was in G i’ll be there on that early morning train C and no matter what’s crime F C lord you know that this child is mine G C that’s why i’d be waiting for my child to come home C F C i Am waiting and waiting for my child to come C F G i’m waiting and waiting for my child to come C if you can’t come home F C could you please send me a letter G C a letter would mean so much to me C G i Am waiting , waiting C F i Am waiting and waiting C G F C i Am waiting for my child to come home