Intro:  (Am G/A D/A) x2  Am E/G# G D/F# F E

Bm                               C
 You think that I don't feel love, but what I feel for you is real love
Am                                   F     -     E7
 In other's eyes I see reflected, a hurt, scorned, rejected

Am           G                  F           E
Love child, never meant to be, love child, born in poverty
Am           G                  F           E
Love child, never meant to be, love child, take a look at me

   Am                    G/A        D/A     Am
I started my life, in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum (tenement slum)
   G/A              D/A        Am
My father left, he never even married Mom
   E/G#                G        D/F#             F             E
I shared the guilt my Mama knew, so afraid that others knew I had no name

Bm                             C
 This love we're contemplatin', is worth the pain of waitin'
Am                        F      -       E7
 We'll only end up hatin', the child we may be creatin'

Am           G                  F           E
Love child, never meant to be, love child, scorned by society
Am            G                  F           E
Love child, always second best, love child, different from the rest

Am                    G/A   D/A Am                    G/A   D/A
  (Hold on, hold on), mmmm, baby (hold on, hold on), mmmm, baby

Am                     G/A         D/A           Am
I started school, in a worn, torn dress that somebody threw out
  G/A             D/A             Am
I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt
  E/G#             G            D/F#             F                    E
to be without the simple things, so afraid my friends would see the guilt in me

Bm                               C
 Don't think that I don't need ya, don't think I don't wanna please ya
Am                                    F      -    E7
 But no child of mine'll be bearin', the name of shame I've been wearin'

Am                       G                    F                E
Love child, love child, never quite as good, afraid, ashamed, misunderstood

    Am           G         F            E           Am
But I'll always love you, I'll, always love you hoo hoo
             G          F             E          Am
I'll always love you,  I'll, always love you hoo hoo
             G         F             E           Am
I'll always love you, I'll,  always love you hoo hoo
         G            F                 E           Am
You hoo hoo, you hoo hoo, I'll, always love you hoo hoo