recorded by Billie Holiday in May 1941.

given the Grammy Hall Of Fame Award (1976) God Bless The Child Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jr.
(c) 1939

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12/8 feel
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Them that's got shall get, them that's not shall lose, so the Bi - ble said, and it

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strong gets more, while the weak ones fade, emp - ty pock - ets don't ev - er

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still is news;
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make the grade;

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got his own, that's got his own. Yes, the

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Mon - ey, you got lots o' friends, crowd - in' 'round the door.

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When you're gone and spend - in' ends, they don't come no more. Rich re -

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la - tions give crust of bread and such, you can help your - self, but don't

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take too much. Ma - ma may have, Pa - pa may have, but

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God bless the child that's got his own, that's got his own. ¶Fine®