Intro

(Bm-Bm-Bm-Bm   Bm-Bm-Bm-Bm   original version tin whistle ony)

Bm-Bm-Bm-Bm   Bm-Em-A-Bm-Bm

Bm-Bm-Bm-Bm   Bm-Bm-Bm-A-Bm

 

(Bm)Little children hiding in the shadows
(Em)Waiting for the changing of the (A)day
(Bm)Watching for a break between the shadows
When (Em)they can go out and start to (A)play

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And we're (G)singing of the (A)times
When the (D)sun will always (Bm)shine
And (G)armoured cars and (A)tanks will fade a(D)way
(G)People will be (A)one, and the (D)fighting will be (Bm)done
And (G)all the little (A)children they can (D)play

I can (Bm)hear you saying it's impossible
Just (Em)look at the blood upon the (A)road
But (Bm)I don't think that it's impossible
For (Em)now we see that all our blood is (A)red

Chorus

It (Bm)seems that cure is better then prevention
If (Em)not then Doctor John would have no (A)pay
And (Bm)all kings and queens would have no pensions
If (Em)all the little children they could (A)play

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I (Bm)don't suppose a man will stop this struggling
If he's (Em)lying with his back upon the (A)ground
It's (Bm)only when every man is standing
That (Em)peace and justice can be (A)found

Chorus

Chorus fading