Only Child by Jackson Browne The Only Child – Jackson Browne (Album: The Pretender) F Boy of mine F/A Bb A/C# As your fortune comes to carry you down the line Dm Am/C Bb And you watch as the changes unfold Dm Am/C Bb And you sort among the stories you've been told F A/C# Dm If some pieces of the picture are hard to find Bb Bb/C And the answers to your questions are hard to hold Bb Take good care of your mother F When you're making up your mind Dm Am C Should one thing or another take you from behind Dm F/C Though the world may make you hard and wild Bb F And determine how your life is styled Dm C G7/B Bb When you've come to feel that you're the only child Bb F Take good care of your brother Bb Let the disappointments pass F Let the laughter fill your glass Dm C Bb Let your illusions last until they shatter Bb Whatever you might hope to find F Dm Among the thoughts that crowd your mind F C There won't be many that ever really matter Bb But take good care of your mother F And remember to be kind Dm Am C When the pain of another will serve you to remind Dm F/C That there are those who feel themselves exiled Bb F On whom the fortune never smiled Dm C G7/B Bb And upon whose life the heartache has been piled Bb They're just looking for another F Lonely child |Bb9 |Bb9 |F |F | |Bb9 |Bb9 |F |F | Bb Bdim And when you've found another soul F/C A/C# Dm Who sees into your own Bb F 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 www.TAB6.com