Children Say

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

| F#m7(11)I keep to myself what | I might share with others But

| Bthey don't seem to understand| 

| F#m7(11)I open my mouth to | rediscover That I

| Bdon't have the words at my | command

| F#m7(11)Holdin' out for a world| so much better But I'm a

| Bstranger in a stranger's land| All my friends

| F#m7(11)have sold out, couldn't | handle the pressure Countin'

| Btheir blessings, tryin' to sal| D/Avage what they E7can

[Chorus]

| C#m7Children say, children | AM7say "We

| CM7open our minds as one"| D---- --- But

| C#m7one more day slips a| AM7way Why don't the

| CM7dreams of the young never come | Dto be? When

[Verse 2]

| F#m7(11)I overhear my | parents' conversations Well, I'm

| Bstruck by the things they say| ---- - It seems they

| F#m7(11)traded the years for mere | complications Who

| Bever thought it could D/Aend | /G# /F#this Eway

| F#m7(11)They close the door | but they can't lock it 'Cause

| Bsomethin' of their childhood remains| And they've

| F#m7(11)felt it before, when the | man in their pocket Counted

| Bthe cost of their D/Ama|teri/G#a/F#l Egains

[Chorus]

| C#m7Children say, "Come what | AM7may Be

| CM7strong for the friends you've known"| DBut

| C#m7one fine day, far a| AM7way Can we re-

| CM7member the love we | Dused to own?

| C#m7Children say, children | AM7say "We

| CM7open our minds as one"| DAs

| C#m7one more day slips a| AM7way Why don't the

| CM7dreams of the young never come | Bm/Dto be?

| Bm/D　　Every| Bm/Dbody hear them say

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[Bridge]

| F#m7(11)knew what I was sayin' (But | did you know what it meant?) When you

| Bsaw 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

| Bguess it must have been (Somehow that | feelin' came and went)

[Chorus]

| C#m7Children say, "Come what | AM7may Be

| CM7strong for the friends you've known"| DBut

| C#m7one fine day, far a| AM7way We re-

| CM7member the love we | Dused to own

[Chorus] Refrain

| C#m7Children say, children | AM7say "We

| CM7open our minds as one"| DAs

| C#m7one more day slips a| AM7way Why don't the

| CM7dreams of the young never come | Dto Ebbe?

[Ending]

| C#m7 | AM7 | FM9 | G9And all children

| C#m7say (Children say, children | AM7say)| FM9 | G9And all children

| C#m7say (Children say, children | AM7say)| FM9 | G9Hear just them say

| C#m7(Children say, children | AM7say)| FM9 | G9All children say