The Only Child - Jackson Browne   (Album: The Pretender)


FBoy (133211@1)of mine
        F/A (x03211@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)      A/C#As (042220@1)your fortune comes to carry you down the line
        Dm (xx0231@1)         Am/C (032210@1)    BbAnd (x1333x@1)you watch as the changes unfold
        Dm (xx0231@1)           Am/C (032210@1)              BbAnd (x1333x@1)you sort among the stories you've been told
        F (133211@1)           A/C# (042220@1)              DmIf (xx0231@1)some pieces of the picture are hard to find
        Bb (x1333x@1)                                  Bb/C
And the answers to your questions are hard to hold


          BbTake (x1333x@1)good care of your mother
            FWhen (133211@1)you're making up your mind
           Dm (xx0231@1)             Am (x02210@1)            CShould (x32010@1)one thing or another take you from behind
           Dm (xx0231@1)               F/C (133211@1)       
Though the world may make you hard and wild
       Bb (x1333x@1)             FAnd (133211@1)determine how your life is styled
            Dm (xx0231@1)              C (x32010@1)             G7/B (310001@1)  BbWhen (x1333x@1)you've come to feel that you're the only child
          Bb (x1333x@1)                  FTake (133211@1)good care of your brother


BbLet (x1333x@1)the disappointments pass
FLet (133211@1)the laughter fill your glass
         Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)        BbLet (x1333x@1)your illusions last until they shatter
BbWhatever (x1333x@1)you might hope to find
 F (133211@1)                    DmAmong (xx0231@1)the thoughts that crowd your mind
 F (133211@1)                                 CThere (x32010@1)won't be many that ever really matter


              BbBut (x1333x@1)take good care of your mother
      F (133211@1)
And remember to be kind
         Dm (xx0231@1)            Am (x02210@1)                CWhen (x32010@1)the pain of another will serve you to remind
               Dm (xx0231@1)                F/CThat (133211@1)there are those who feel themselves exiled
   Bb (x1333x@1)             FOn (133211@1)whom the fortune never smiled
      Dm (xx0231@1)              C (x32010@1)                G7/B (310001@1)  BbAnd (x1333x@1)upon whose life the heartache has been piled


             BbThey're (x1333x@1)just looking for another
       FLonely (133211@1)child

|Bb9        |Bb9        |F           |F           |
|Bb9        |Bb9        |F           |F           |


    Bb (x1333x@1)               BdimAnd (1201xx@1)when you've found another soul
    F/C (133211@1)  A/C# (042220@1)     DmWho (xx0231@1)sees into your own
          Bb (x1333x@1)                F (133211@1)Take good care of each other


|Bb        |Bb        |F            |F           |  repeat & fade



Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - july 2007
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com