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31 March 2008
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Written by: Lennon
Recorded: May 1968
Unreleased
John Lennon: vocals, acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr: shaker
Child Of Nature was a song written by John Lennon in 1968 in India. The tune eventually resurfaced as Jealous Guy – with different lyrics – on Lennon’s 1971 solo album Imagine .
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6.33pm
8 February 2014
Offline I’m listening to the John Anthology and it struck me that Jealous Guy is pretty similar to Child Of Nature . I checked and sure enough they are very similar. I guess he couldn’t sue himself for copyright infringement, but maybe 
could have…
G Dm/F C G ……………..Dm7 C D7sus4
I didn’t mean to hurt you……………I’m Just a Child Of Nature
G Dm/F Bb…………………..G Dm7 Bb
I’m sorry that I made you cry………I don’t need much to set me free
G G/F# Em Em/D………….G G/F# Em G
I didn’t want to hurt you…………….I’m just a Child Of Nature
C G…………………………….C G
I’m just a jealous guy……………….I’m one of nature’s children
6.46pm
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1 May 2011
Offline ‘Jealous Guy ‘ is ‘Child Of Nature ‘ except John rewrote the lyrics before it appeared on the ‘Imagine ‘ album. And it hadn’t been released before that point so even if possible (which it isnt – actually there probably are thousands of examples where it did happen) then there was no charge anyway.
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