When You Have a Child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F][Csus4][C][Csus4][C]
[Csus4]When you have [C]a child
You [Csus4]learn it's a serious busines[C]s
To have [F]a little fun
You give [G]grace and get forgiveness
Not seven times seven
But seven times seventy [F]one
[Csus4][C]

[Verse 2]
[Csus4][C]
And when [Csus4]you have [C]a child
Those four walls you call a house
Take on [F]a life of it's own
When you bring 'em home
You [G]will cry and you [Gsus4]will laug[G]h
When they hurt it cuts [Gsus4]you in half
[G]It's your flesh and bon[Csus4]e
[C]

[Verse 3]
[Gsus4][G]
And [F]year after year
Pictures [G]fill page [F]after page
[Em]They never really [C]grow up
Still your baby at any age
[Dm]The first time you hold 'em
It's [C]like you see God's smile
What a [F]smile[Gsus4][G]
[C]When you have [F]a child[C]

[Verse 4]
[Csus4]And then [C]boy meets girl
And perfume and gas[Csus4]oline
[C]Reign on you[F]r perfect world
[G]Curfews are often broken
Thank yous aren't [Gsus4]spoken[G]
He's got the [Dm]keys to that old Dodge
And she's [C]wearing a corsage
And her [F]mama's [Gsus4]pearls[G]

[Verse 5]
And [F]year after year
Pictures fill page [G]after [F]page
[Em]They never really [C]grow up
Still your baby at any age
And the [Dm]first time you hold 'em
It's [C]like you feel God's smile
[F]What a smile[Gsus4][G]
When [C]you have [F]a child[C]

[Verse 6]
[Am]You pray that phone call
[Bb]never comes
And if God [Dm]forbid
How [C]would you live
[F]How could you go [G]on
And [E]on and on and [Am]on
[Dm]

[Verse 7]
And [F]year after year
Close [G]the chapter and turn [F]the page
Blue [C]ribbons and losing seasons
[Em]Flipping [C]tassles on the stage
Oh but [Dm]you don't need
a photograph
You've [C]got at least a million
Pictures of that [F]smile
When you [Gsus4]close your eyes[G]
When [Csus4]you love [F]a chi[C]ld[Csus4]
[C]Oh when you[Csus4] love a c[C]hild
[Gsus4]