My Wild Child
By The Cowboy Junkies

This is from the One Soul Now album.  I love the song and hope that you enjoy the 
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Intro:

Am/Aadd9 repeated with an A bass strum.  (Aadd9 is just X02200)

-------Verse 1----------------------------------------------

Am (x02210@1)               CBetrayed? (x32010@1)It's the question
G (320003@1)       AmThat (x02210@1)I am asking
F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)          (Aadd9/Am etc.)
Or just a lucky one deceived by too much love?

-------Verse 2----------------------------------------------

Am (x02210@1)              CConfused. (x32010@1) Is the issue.
G (320003@1)              AmI'm (x02210@1)in need of a rescue
F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)                  AmAnother (x02210@1)lucky one stunned by too much love

Aadd9/Am
F-------Chorus----------------------------------------------- (133211@1)
F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
G (320003@1)                   AmShe's (x02210@1)my salvaged shipwreck.
        G (320003@1)             FMy (133211@1)wild child, She's my stone.
F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
         G (320003@1)          AmShe's (x02210@1)my constant reminder.
        G (320003@1)             AmMy (x02210@1)wild child, She's my Home.

Back to Am/Aadd9

-------Verse 3----------------------------------------------

Am (x02210@1)         CLost, (x32010@1)Is the place
G (320003@1)                 AmWhere (x02210@1)I'm hammering stakes
F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)                  Am (x02210@1)          (Aadd9/Am etc.)
Sign says "a lucky one deceived by too much love"

-------Verse 4----------------------------------------------

Am (x02210@1)          CSaved, (x32010@1)is the state
G (320003@1)                 AmThat (x02210@1)we're told was graced
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)                 AmHe (x02210@1)was just a lucky one stunned by too much love

Aadd9/Am
F-------Chorus----------------------------------------------- (133211@1)
F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
         G (320003@1)          AmShe's (x02210@1)my salvaged shipwreck.
        G (320003@1)             FMy (133211@1)wild child, She's my stone.
F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
G (320003@1)                   AmShe's (x02210@1)my constant reminder.
        G (320003@1)             AmMy (x02210@1)wild child, She's my home.

Back to Am/Aadd9

-------Verse 5----------------------------------------------

Am (x02210@1)         CLife, (x32010@1)is the riddle
G (320003@1)                      AmThat (x02210@1)we're caught in the middle
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)                      AmA (x02210@1)couple of lucky ones tangled up in too much love

Aadd9/Am
F (133211@1)-------Chorus------------------------------------------------

F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
         G (320003@1)          AmShe's (x02210@1)my salvaged shipwreck.
        G (320003@1)             FMy (133211@1)wild child, She's my stone.
F (133211@1)     AmMy (x02210@1)Wild child
G (320003@1)                   AmShe's (x02210@1)my constant reminder.
        G (320003@1)             AmMy (x02210@1)wild child, She's my home.

Back to Am/Aadd9

-------End--------------------------------------------------

- Notes: They go to Am briefly between first and second parts of the chorus, which is a 
nicer than just dwelling on the F, but I left it out of the transcription for 
 I also wrote the lyrics as I hear them rather than the liner notes, since I think
that this is how it's sung.