3…CHILD STAR… by T.Rex
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*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Intro:

D7sus4

Verse 1:

D7sus4
Mountain eyes, peeping out of his head.
Sipping tea; composing in his bed.
C
A hundred hands working on a musical of old.
Am C Am C
Debussy and Mendelssohn, Han-del and D-vorak of old.

Chorus 1:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.
C Am
Child star, they do not see just what a precious gem you’d be.

Break:

D7
Sad to see them watching you fade, into in-invisibilty…

Verse 2:

D7sus4
Twelve years old; your elvish fingers kiss your…
Beethoven hair; the awesome people stare.
C
They’re un-aware of all the Angel sounds they see and hear.
Am C Am C
Debussy and Mendelssohn, Han-del and D-vorak they hear.

Chorus 2:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.
C
Child star, and when you died at just thirteen,
Am
They wept and wrung their hair.

Break:

D7
Sad to see them mourning you,
And you are there within the flowers and the trees…

Coda:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.

Outro:

D7

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D7sus4 C Am D7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0210 x32010 x02210 xx0212

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)