Tom: Am Intro: Am - G - D - Am G - D - Am Am7 - C D - F - E Bm - C You think that I don't feel love, but what I feel for you is real love, Am F - E 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 D Am 1. I started my life in an old, cold rundown tenement slum, G D Am my father left, he never even married mom. Am7 C I shared the guilt my mama knew, D F E so afraid that others knew I had no name. Bm - C This love we're contemplating, is worth the pain of waiting, Am - F E we'll only end up hating, the child we maybe creating. 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 D Hold on, hold on, mm, baby ! Am G D Hold on, hold on, mm, baby ! Am G D Am 2. I started school, in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out, G D Am I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt, Am7 C to be without the simple things, D F E so afraid my friends would see the guilt in me. Bm - C Don't think that I don't need you, don't think I don't wanna please you, Am - F E no child of mine 'll be bearing the name of shame I've been wearing. Am G Love child, love child, never quite as good, F E afraid, ashamed, misunderstood. Am G F E But I'll always love you, I'll always love you. Am G F E Love child, I'll always love you, I'll always love you. Am G F E Love child, I'll always love you, I'll always love you ….