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Child Of Nature

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11 November 2014
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Joe

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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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30 August 2015
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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

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30 August 2015
6.46pm

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'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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