[Intro]
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|[F#m7(11)]---- ----|[]---- ----|[B]---- ----|[Bm7]---- [E]----|
[Verse 1]
[|][F#m7(11)]I keep to myself what [|][]I might share with others But
[|][B]they don't seem to understand[|][]
[|][F#m7(11)]I open my mouth to [|][]rediscover That I
[|][B]don't have the words at my [|][]command
[|][F#m7(11)]Holdin' out for a world[|][]so much better But I'm a
[|][B]stranger in a stranger's land[|][]All my friends
[|][F#m7(11)]have sold out, couldn't [|][]handle the pressure Countin'
B
their blessings, tryin' to sal
D/A
vage what they
E7
can
[Chorus]
C♯m7
Children say, children
AM7
say "We
CM7
open our minds as one"
D
---- --- But
C♯m7
one more day slips a
AM7
way Why don't the
CM7
dreams of the young never come
D
to be? When
[Verse 2]
[|][F#m7(11)]I overhear my [|][]parents' conversations Well, I'm
[|][B]struck by the things they say[|][]---- - It seems they
[|][F#m7(11)]traded the years for mere [|][]complications Who
B
ever thought it could
D/A
end
/G♯
/F♯
this
E
way
[|][F#m7(11)]They close the door [|][]but they can't lock it 'Cause
[|][B]somethin' of their childhood remains[|][]And they've
[|][F#m7(11)]felt it before, when the [|][]man in their pocket Counted
B
the cost of their
D/A
ma
teri
/G♯
a
/F♯
l
E
gains
[Chorus]
C♯m7
Children say, "Come what
AM7
may Be
CM7
strong for the friends you've known"
D
But
C♯m7
one fine day, far a
AM7
way Can we re-
CM7
member the love we
D
used to own?
C♯m7
Children say, children
AM7
say "We
CM7
open our minds as one"
D
As
C♯m7
one more day slips a
AM7
way Why don't the
CM7
dreams of the young never come
Bm/D
to be?
Bm/D
Every
Bm/D
body hear them say
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|[F#m7(11)]---- ----|[]---- ----|[B]---- ----|[D/A]---- [E]----|Well, you
[Bridge]
[|][F#m7(11)]knew what I was sayin' (But [|][]did you know what it meant?) When you
[|][B]saw that look in my eye (Did you [|][]know it was heaven sent?) Was it
[|][F#m7(11)]all a wakin' dream? (All that [|][]time we must have spent) Well, I
[|][B]guess it must have been (Somehow that [|][]feelin' came and went)
[Chorus]
C♯m7
Children say, "Come what
AM7
may Be
CM7
strong for the friends you've known"
D
But
C♯m7
one fine day, far a
AM7
way We re-
CM7
member the love we
D
used to own
[Chorus] Refrain
C♯m7
Children say, children
AM7
say "We
CM7
open our minds as one"
D
As
C♯m7
one more day slips a
AM7
way Why don't the
CM7
dreams of the young never come
D
to
E♭
be?
[Ending]
C♯m7
AM7
FM9
G9
And all children
C♯m7
say (Children say, children
AM7
say)
FM9
G9
And all children
C♯m7
say (Children say, children
AM7
say)
FM9
G9
Hear just them say
C♯m7
(Children say, children
AM7
say)
FM9
G9
All children say