Obvious Child chords

[G]Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

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

I don't ex[D]pect to [G]be [C]treated like a fool no [F]more

[C] I don't ex[G]pect to [D]sleep through the [D]night

Some [D]people [C]say a [G]lie's a [D]lie's a [G]lie

But [D]I [G]say [C]why

Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child'

Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child' [G]

And in re[D]membering a [G]road [C]sign

[G] I am re[D]member[C]ing a [G]girl when [D]I was [G]young [C]

[F] [C] And we [G]said These [D]songs are [G]true

These [D]days are [G]ours

These [D]tears are [G]free

And [D]hey[G]

[C] The cross is in the [F]ball[C]park

The cross is in the [F]ball[C]park [G]

We had a lot of fun

We had a lot of money [D] [C]

We [G]had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny [D] [C]

Sonny gets [D]married and [G]moves away

[C]Sonny has a [D]baby and [G]bills to pay

[C]Sonny gets [D]sunnier

[G]Day by day by [C]day by [D]day

[G] Doh, doh, doh, doh


Doh, doh, doh, doh

Well, I've been [D]waking [C]up at [G]sunrise

I've been [D]following the [G]light a[D]cross my [G]room

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

[G] Some [D]people [C]say the [G]sky is [D]just the [G]sky

But [D]I [G]say

[C] Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child'

Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child'


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

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

Son[D]ny's [G]year[C]book [G]from [D]high school

Is [C]down from the shelf

[D]And he i[C]d-[G]ly [D]thumbs through the [C]pages

Some [Ab]have [Bbm]died

Some have [G]fled from themselves

Or [C]strug[G]gled [D]from [G]here [D]to [G]get [D]there

[C]Sonny [G]wan[C]ders [G]be[D]yond his in[C]terior walls

Runs his [G]hand [C]through [G]his [D]thinning brown [C]hair

Well, I'm accustomed to a [G]smooth ride

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

I don't ex[D]pect to [G]be [C]treated like a fool no [F]more

[C] I don't ex[G]pect to [D]sleep through the [D]night

Some [D]people [C]say a [G]lie's a [D]lie's a [G]lie

But [D]I [G]say

[C] the cross is in the [F]ball[C]park

Why deny the [F]ob[C]vious [G] child'