Children Say

Intro F#m7(11)  B 
      F#m7(11)  B  Bm7  E 
      F#m7(11)  B 
      F#m7(11)  B  Bm7  E 



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  I keep to myself what I might share with others 
    B 
But they don't seem to understand 
F#m7(9) 
  I open my mouth to rediscover 
B                         Bm7   E 
I don't have the words at my command 

F#m7(9) 
  Holding out for a world so much better 
            B 
But I'm a stranger in a stranger's land 
       F#m7(9) 
All my friends have sold out 
Couldn't handle the pressure 
B 
Counting their blessings 
          Bm7               E 
Trying to salvage what they can 



C#m7                 Amaj7 
Children say, children say 
   Cmaj7               D 
We open our minds as one 
    C#m7               Amaj7 
But one more day slips away 
              Cmaj7                       D 
Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 



   F#m7(9) 
When I overhear my parents' conversations 
           B 
Well, I'm struck by the things they say 
              F#m7(9) 
It seems they traded the years for mere complications 
B                         Bm7      E 
Who ever thought it could end this way 

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  They close the door, but they can't lock it 
       B 
'Cause something of their childhood remains 
           F#m7(9) 
And they've felt it before when the man in their pocket 
B                           Bm7    E 
Counted the cost of their material gains 



C#m7               Amaj7 
Children say, come what may 
    Cmaj7                           D 
Be strong for the friends you've known 
    C#m7              Amaj7 
But one fine day, far away 
          Cmaj7                D 
Will we remember the love we used to own 
C#m7                 Amaj7 
Children say, children say 
   Cmaj7               D 
We open our minds as one 
    C#m7               Amaj7 
But one more day slips away 
              Cmaj7                       D 
Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 

Solo F#m7(11)  B 
     F#m7(11)  B  Bm7  E 



         F#m7(9) 
Well you knew what I was saying 
(But did you know what it meant) 
         B 
When you saw that look in my eye 
(Did you know it was heaven sent) 
      F#m7(9) 
Was it all a waking dream 
(All that time we must have spent) 
         B 
Well I guess it must have been 
               Bm7             E 
(Somehow that feeling came and went) 



C#m7               Amaj7 
Children say, come what may 
    Cmaj7                           D 
Be strong for the friends you've known 
    C#m7              Amaj7 
But one fine day, far away 
          Cmaj7                D 
Will we remember the love we used to own 
C#m7                 Amaj7 
Children say, children say 
   Cmaj7               D 
We open our minds as one 
    C#m7               Amaj7 
But one more day slips away 
              Cmaj7                       D 
Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 

Final 

C#m7  Amaj7  Fmaj7(9)  G9 
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