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Transcribed by Roger Owens ROwens1777 [ROwens1777@aol.com]
Album: The Sweetest Gift
Performer: Trisha Yearwood
Words and music: Skip Ewing
It Wasn't His Child
Open: G-D/F#-Em-D-C... C-D-G 2x
G D/F# Em D C D G
He was her man, she was his wife and late one winter night
D/F# Em D C
He knelt by her as she gave birth
Asus-A C-D-G
But it wasn't his child, it wasn't his child
D/F# Em D C D G
Yet he still took him as his own, and as he watched him grow
D/F# Em D C
It brought him joy, he loved that boy
Asus-A C... D-Em
But it wasn't his child, it wasn't his child
Bm C
Em
Chorus: But like a father he was strong and kind and good
C G Dsus- D
And I believe he did his best
Em Bm C Em
It wasn't easy for him, but he did all he could
C G D
His son was different from the rest
C Asus-A.. C-D-G
It wasn't his child, it wasn't his child
D/F# Em D C D G
And when the boy became a man, he took his father's hand
G D/F# Em D C
And soon the world would all know why
Asus-A C-D-Em
It wasn't his child, it wasn't his child
Bm C
Em
And like his Father, He was strong and kind and good
C G Dsus-D
And I believe he did his best
Em Bm C Em
It wasn't easy for him, but he did all he could
D C
He grew up with his hands in wood
Em D C
And he died with his hands in wood
Em-D Asus-A
He was God's child, He was God's child
G D/F# Em D C D G
He was her man, she was his wife and late one winter night
D/F# Em D C
He knelt by her as she gave birth
Asus-A C-D-G
But it wasn't his child, it was God's child