Guns N' Roses May 8, 2019 by SMF · Published May 8, 2019 · Last modified April 28, 2022 Meaning of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses To put it very succinctly, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a love song. The titular “sweet child” actually refers to the love interest of Axl Rose, the song’s writer and performer. Even more specifically, he wrote...