The Obvious Child

G
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite

                     C                      F
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

           G
I don't expect to sleep through the night

                    G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie

           C
But I say why

             F       C
Why deny the obvious child?

              F       C      G
Why deny the obvious child?

                      G
And in remembering a road sign

                                  C      F
I am remembering a girl when I was young

        G
And we said These songs are true

              G
These days are ours

        G
These tears are free


And hey

C                     F   C
The cross is in the ballpark

C                     F   C    G
The cross is in the ballpark

    G
We had a lot of fun

     G
We had a lot of money

   G
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny

C          D           G
Sonny gets married and moves away

C           D        G
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay

C          D
Sonny gets sunnier

G             C      D
Day by day by day by day

G
Doh, doh,  doh, doh

G
Doh, doh,  doh, doh


                              G
Well, I've been waking up at sunrise

                                 G
I've been following the light across my room

              C                 F         G
I watch the night receive the room of my day

G
Some people say the sky is just the sky

G
But I say

C              F       C
Why deny the obvious child?

              F       C
 Why deny the obvious child?


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C       G           D          C
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself

            G                C             D
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages

C        G              D
Sonny's yearbook from high school

   C
Is down from the shelf

         G      C                 D
And he id-ly thumbs through the pages

           Am
Some have died

           G
Some have fled from themselves

      C             G           D    G
Or struggled from here to get there

 C     G        D             C
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls

         G                 C              D
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair

                           G
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

                G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite

                      C                      F
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

           G
I don't expect to sleep through the night

                     G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie

    G
But I say

C                     F   C
  The cross is in the ballpark

              F C       G
 Why deny the obvious child?

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