Sweet Child O' Mine
(Guns N' Roses)

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Ooh oh oh sweet child o' mine
Ooh oh oh oh sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Ooh oh oh sweet child o' mine
Ooh oh oh oh sweet love of mine

Oooh
Ooh oh oh yeah
Ooh oh oh sweet child o' mine
Ooh oh oh oh sweet love of mine

Ooh oh oh sweet child o' mine
Ooh yeah
Ooh oh oh oh sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Ooh oh where do we go
Where do we go now
Oh where do we go now
(Where do we go)
Where do we go
(Sweet child o' mine)
Ooh oh where do we go now
Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
(Where do we go)
Where do we go
Where do we go
Ooh where do we go now
Ooh oh where do we go
Ooh where do we go now
Ooh where do we go
Ooh oh oh where do we go now
Where do we go
Ooh oh where do we go now
no no no no no no no
Sweet child
Sweet child of mine


"Sweet Child O' Mine" appears on the following albums:
"Appetite For Destruction", "Live Era '87 - '93"

Live
"Sweet Child O' Mine" was played at almost all Guns N' Roses shows after 1985.

The story behind the song
Axl - "That's a true story about my girlfriend at this time."
   "I had written this poem, reached a dead end with it and put it on the shelf. Then Slash and Izzy got working together on songs and I came in, Izzy hit a rhythm, and all of a sudden this poem popped in my head. It just all came together. A lot of rock bands are too fucking wimpy to have any sentiment or any emotion in any of their stuff unless they're in pain. It's the first positive love song I've ever written, but I never had anyone to write anything about before, I guess."
Slash - "When I first came up with the mainriff in the beginning, it was a joke, I was only kidding. And for some reason Ax n’ Izz liked it and it turned into a song. And for the longest time I hated it, ‘cause it really was a joke to me. And now that it’s become established, I enjoy playing it."
Duff - "It was probably the hardest song for me and Steve to record, just because you have to keep a steadiness and also keep the emotion in it."
   "The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda lika a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick."
Izzy - "That's a real love song."

Live
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