A
Child come away
         C             Bm     A
It's the girl with the deputy walking by
A
Child go and play
     C              Bm         A
No I won't give you reasons so don't ask why

[Verse 1]
A
I read the story about a week ago
     C                Bm          A
They found her on the beach that night
A
They thought the light had gone out of her eyes
    C                    Bm       A
and no-one thinks she'll ever be right
C          Em
She was so full of her life
C              D          G
Happy with the people she knew
        C    D      E   E
But then no-one can tell

[Chorus 1]
A
Child come away
         C             Bm     A
It's the girl with the deputy walking by
A
Child go and play
     C              Bm         A
No I won't give you reasons so don't ask why

[Verse 2]
A
Guess all they found were some marks in the sand
  C             Bm         A
A message saying 'She is mine'
A
Nobody touched her as she got in the car
     C      Bm       A
Well nobody dares to anytime
C          Em
She was so full of her life
C                  D         G
The girl that everybody once knew
       C   D          E   E
But now no-one can tell

[Chorus 2]
A
Child come away
         C             Bm     A
It's the girl with the deputy walking by
A
Child go and play
     C              Bm         A
No I won't give you reasons so don't ask why

[Bridge]
E
And when they read a story out to the judge
             D
I heard they had to turn away
              A    A C Bm A
It's all over town

A A C Bm A

[Verse 3]
A
I saw her face in the back of a car
   C                  Bm         A
As they were speeding out of town
A
She's got a mark on the side of her face
     C             Bm          A
that no-one's ever seen around
E
And what she is or what she's become
            D
I guess the town will never know

[Chorus 3]
A
Child come away
         C             Bm     A
It's the girl with the deputy walking by
A
Child go and play
     C              Bm         A            A A
No I won't give you reasons so don't ask why