Sweet Child Omine

"SWEET CHILD 0' MINE" Guns N' Roses As heard on App etite for Destruc tion (GEFFEN) Words and Music by W. Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Strad li n', Duff McKagan and Steven Adler • Transcribed by Andy Aled ort and Matt Scharfglass

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