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                                          Artist - Arena
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                                        Song - Only Child 
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                                      Album - The Cry (1997)
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                                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


This is a organ, piano and syth, arranged for guitars.


INTRO - Cm Dm Gm Cm Fm Cm Gm 
******  Cm Dm Gm Cm Bb Cm
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VERSE 1
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Cm 
Who makes these choices
    Dm              Gm
Who waves the final hand
     Cm
When wisdom is more than
Bb     Cm     Gm
age or reason

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VERSE 2
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Cm
Who makes these choices
    Dm              Gm
Who makes the final stand
     Cm          Bb
When solitude is all
         Cm
that you believe

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CHORUS
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Ab
  It's all the same
        C#                 Eb
And you really should have known
Ab
  It's all the same
          C#
When your heart grows cold
           Eb
and you're all alone
Fm
  This has no name
     C#             Eb
This feeling that I used to know
Fm
  It's here again
      C#               Eb  
I can see the tortured souls
                Ab
as they cry for help

Take my hand
     C#
I'll lead you through the
Eb
traps and snares
Ab
  Take my hand
         C#                Eb
And I'll feed you and I'll clothe you like
   Fm
My only child
         C#              Eb
There is nothing left to feel
      Fm
Oh my only child
         C#
There is nothing left
   Gm
to hurt you now

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VERSE 3
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Cm              Ab
Who makes these choices
    Dm              Gm
Who waves the final hand
     Cm
When all around
  Ab
I hear the sound
   Dm             Gm
Of pleading for a helping hand

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VERSE 4
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Cm                Ab
  Who makes those choices
    Dm              Gm
Who makes the final stand
     Cm         Ab
When far away I hear them say
     Dm              Gm
They couldn't give a damn....
       Ab
Give a damn!


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BRIDGE
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Fm                   Gm
  They're crying for help....
Ab   Gm
Help me!
Fm                   Gm
  They're crying for help....
Ab   Gm
Help me!
Fm                   Gm
  They're crying for help....
Ab   Gm
Help me!
Fm                   Bb
  They're crying for help...

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03:36
G  O
*****
  rake b  rake brp                                         03:44
E|----13-|----13--11-13----|---------h----------|---------|------------------|
B|--11---|--12----------11-|----11-11-13--------|---p-----|---h--p-----------|
G|-x-----|-x---------------|-12-----------12-12-|-10-8-10-|-10-12-10-------s-|
D|-------|-----------------|--------------------|---------|----------13-12-\-|
A|-------|-----------------|--------------------|---------|------------------|
E|-------|-----------------|--------------------|---------|------------------|

                                                     h  p              03:55   b rp       s
e|---------------------------|-------------s-------10-11-10---s-------|----11-13---11-13--\------|
B|---------------------------|-8----11---12\13--13----------12\13--13-|-13-----------------------|
G|-------------------8----10-|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------|-----------------------12-|
D|---------------------10----|---10---10E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-|--------------------------|
A|----------10-11-13---------|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------|--------------------------|
E|-10-11-13------------------|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------|--------------------------|

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E|----------------|-----------|-15-15\18------------------|
B|----------------|----s---13-|----------16--15--15-16-18-|
G|---h---12---h---|-12-\15----|---------------------------|
D|-12-13----13-15-|-----------|---------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------|---------------------------|
E|----------------|-----------|---------------------------|

  04:10
e|--------b-15-16-15----15E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-h---------------18-15~~~-----s-|
B|-16-18-18----------18----16-15-------------------15-15-16-15----15-16----------18--\-|
G|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||--17-15----15-15-17-------------17----------------------|
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||--------17E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------------|
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-------------------||--------|
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04:20                                             b r
e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-|--------b---b-|-13-----s-|
B|----------------p-------------|-13-15-15--15-|-----11-\-|
G|-12--12-12-13-13-12---------b-|--------------|----------|
D|--------------------15--13-15-|--------------|----------|
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-|--------------|----------|
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-|--------------|----------|

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-------------|
B|--h------------hE|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||--------------h-----8--s--|
G|-7-8----7-8---7-8----7E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||---h---7-8------7\8-|
D|-----10-----------10--8----h-------------------------8-10-----10-------|
A|------------------------8-8-10E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||------------|
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e|---s-------------s------10-11-10----s---|
B|-11\13----11--11-\13-13-----------11\13-|
G|-------12E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||--|
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------|
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----------------------------|||||||-----------|
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    b rp    b    rb
E|-13---11-13-|-13--13--10---s------|-------------b-|
B|------------|------------11\13-13-|-----------11--|
G|------------|---------------------|-12-12--10-----|
D|------------|---------------------|---------------|
A|------------|---------------------|---------------|
E|------------|---------------------|---------------|