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This is the chord chart for the Broadway Musical "Children of Eden". This is one of my
favorite songs and I wanted to play it on my piano but there weren't any chords for it
(obviously.. it's from a musical) But I figured out the chords to it for anyone who 
would like to play it on their instrument of choice.

Intro:
ED2/E (022100@1)C#m/E	D2/E

Verse 1:
     	  E (022100@1)     D2/E
Oh this son of mine I love so well
    C#m/E           D2/E
And all the toil it takes
     E (022100@1)   C#m7I'd (x4242x@1)give to him a garden
     D (xx0232@1)       Eand (022100@1)keep it clear of snakes
        Abm (133111@4)      ABut (x02220@1)the one thing he most treasures
       B (x2444x@1)     C#m (x13321@4)  	   F#mIs (244222@1)to make his own mistakes - ohhh

E (022100@1)        D2/E
He goes charging on the cliffs of life
   C#m/E           D2/E
A reckless mountaineer
	  E (022100@1)        C#m7I (x4242x@1)could help him not to stumble
         D (xx0232@1)  EI (022100@1)could warn him what to fear
         Abm (133111@4)AI (x02220@1)could shout until I'm breathless
	  B (x2444x@1)            C#m (x13321@4)     F#mAnd (244222@1)he'd still refuse to hear - ohhh

Chorus:
         F#m (244222@1)   Amaj7 (x02120@1) BBut (x2444x@1)you cannot close the acorn
         Abm7	       C#mOnce (x13321@4)the oak begins to grow
         Abm (133111@4) Abm7	  C#m7And (x4242x@1)you cannot close your heart
	    F#m (244222@1)     A7 (x02020@1)     BTo (x2444x@1)what it fears and needs to know
	  Abm (133111@4)   A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4)BThat (x2444x@1)the hardest part of love
	       EIs (022100@1)the letting go

Verse 2:
	E (022100@1)     D2/E
As a child I found a sparrow
	 C#m/E           D2/E
Who had fallen from the nest
	E (022100@1)  C#m7And (x4242x@1)I nursed him back to health
       	      D (xx0232@1)       ETill (022100@1)he was stronger than the rest
     Abm (133111@4)    ABut (x02220@1)when I tried to hold it
          B (x2444x@1)             C#mIt (x13321@4)would peck and scratch my chest
	     F#mTill (244222@1)I let it go

E (022100@1)    D2/E
And I watched it fly away from me
          C#m/E            D2/E
With its brightened self resolve
     E (022100@1)    C#m7And (x4242x@1)part of me was cursing
         D (xx0232@1)  EI (022100@1)had helped it grow so strong
       Abm (133111@4)               AAnd (x02220@1)I feared it might go hungry
	B (x2444x@1)         C#m (x13321@4)      F#mAnd (244222@1)I feared it might go wrong - ohhh

Chorus:
       F#m (244222@1)     A7 (x02020@1)   BBut (x2444x@1)I could not close the acorn
	 Abm7	       C#mOnce (x13321@4)the oak began to grow
      Abm (133111@4)  Abm7     C#m7And (x4242x@1)I cannot close my heart
	    F#m (244222@1)     A7B
To what it fears and needs to know
	   Abm (133111@4)  A (x02220@1)C#m (x13321@4)BThat (x2444x@1)the hardest part of love
	        EIs (022100@1)the letting go

E (022100@1)  D2/E   C#m/E    D2/E

E (022100@1)D2/E
And it's only in Eden
        C#m/E           D2/E
Grows a rose without a thorn
          E (022100@1)           C#m7And (x4242x@1)your children start to leave you
        D (xx0232@1)   EOn (022100@1)the day that they were born
           Abm (133111@4)             AThey (x02220@1)will leave you there to cheer for them
	   B (x2444x@1)            C#m (x13321@4)      F#mThey (244222@1)will leave you there to mourn ever so

E (022100@1)       D2/E
Like an ark on uncharted seas
      C#m/E           D2/E
Their lives will be tossed
     E (022100@1)   C#m7And (x4242x@1)deeper is your love for them
    D (xx0232@1)             EThe (022100@1)crueler is the cost
    Abm (133111@4)             AAnd (x02220@1)just when they start to find themselves
    B (x2444x@1)                C#m (x13321@4)      F#mIs (244222@1)when you fear they're lost - ohhh

Chorus:
         F#m (244222@1) Amaj7 (x02120@1) BBut (x2444x@1)you cannot close the acorn
         Abm7	       C#mOnce (x13321@4)the oak begins to grow
         Abm (133111@4) Abm7	  C#m7And (x4242x@1)you cannot close your heart
	    F#m (244222@1)     A7 (x02020@1)     BTo (x2444x@1)what it fears and needs to know
	  Abm (133111@4)   A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4)BThat (x2444x@1)the hardest part of love
        Abm (133111@4)  A (x02220@1) C#mB
And the rarest part of love
        C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)BAnd (x2444x@1)the truest part of love
               EIs (022100@1)the letting go