Chords for Chris Jones God Save The Child
Tempo:
140.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Bb
F
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [F]
[G] It's a dark night on the highway, [Bb] [C] and an oncoming truck, [F] [C] some poor suburban
[G] man just [C] ran out of luck, [G] [C] a wife and two children [G] [C] waiting at [F] home, they're gonna find [G] out soon
enough [C] that they're all alone.
Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [G] can [C] be so [F]
[C] cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man
to his knees [G] every once in a while, [C] tell [Bb] me what you're gonna [C] do if you're only three years [F]
old, [D] and your only [Am]
weapon's a [G] smile, [Bb] God save the [C] child.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] Everywhere folks [G] are fighting, [C] nobody seems to know what [G] for, [C] no one's listening to the [G] victims [C] of a hundred civil wars, in the name of [G] whoever, [C] can't we stop these atrocities, [G] [C] the dead, the [G] dying, the walking wounded, [C] and a million [D] refugees.
Sometimes [Bb] this old [Am] world [Bb] can be [F] so cold, [C] bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, [D] tell me what you're gonna [G] do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
old, and your only [Am]
weapon's a [G] smile, [Bb] God save [C] the child.
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] This was a beautiful planet.
[G] [C] But that was once upon a [F] time, [C] this ain't [G] no fairy tale, what [C] we're doing is a crime, how we gonna tell our children, how we destroy [G] the earth, [C] we can't lead by example, how will they know what a life is worth.
Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [C] can be so cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while,
[D] tell me what you're [Am] gonna do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
[C] old, and your only
[C] [G] weapon's a smile.
[C] Sometimes this old [Am] world [Bb] can [C] be so [F]
[C] cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, [F] tell [Bb] me what you're gonna do if you're only three [C] years [F]
old, [C] and your only [G] weapon's a smile, [Bb] God save [C] the child.
[G] [C]
God [G] save the [C] child,
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C] don't suffer to them, [G]
save [C] the child,
[C] [Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
God save the child.
[G] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [F]
[G] It's a dark night on the highway, [Bb] [C] and an oncoming truck, [F] [C] some poor suburban
[G] man just [C] ran out of luck, [G] [C] a wife and two children [G] [C] waiting at [F] home, they're gonna find [G] out soon
enough [C] that they're all alone.
Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [G] can [C] be so [F]
[C] cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man
to his knees [G] every once in a while, [C] tell [Bb] me what you're gonna [C] do if you're only three years [F]
old, [D] and your only [Am]
weapon's a [G] smile, [Bb] God save the [C] child.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] Everywhere folks [G] are fighting, [C] nobody seems to know what [G] for, [C] no one's listening to the [G] victims [C] of a hundred civil wars, in the name of [G] whoever, [C] can't we stop these atrocities, [G] [C] the dead, the [G] dying, the walking wounded, [C] and a million [D] refugees.
Sometimes [Bb] this old [Am] world [Bb] can be [F] so cold, [C] bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, [D] tell me what you're gonna [G] do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
old, and your only [Am]
weapon's a [G] smile, [Bb] God save [C] the child.
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [D]
[C] This was a beautiful planet.
[G] [C] But that was once upon a [F] time, [C] this ain't [G] no fairy tale, what [C] we're doing is a crime, how we gonna tell our children, how we destroy [G] the earth, [C] we can't lead by example, how will they know what a life is worth.
Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [C] can be so cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while,
[D] tell me what you're [Am] gonna do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
[C] old, and your only
[C] [G] weapon's a smile.
[C] Sometimes this old [Am] world [Bb] can [C] be so [F]
[C] cold, bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, [F] tell [Bb] me what you're gonna do if you're only three [C] years [F]
old, [C] and your only [G] weapon's a smile, [Bb] God save [C] the child.
[G] [C]
God [G] save the [C] child,
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C] don't suffer to them, [G]
save [C] the child,
[C] [Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
God save the child.
[G] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
Key:
C
G
Bb
F
Am
C
G
Bb
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ It's a dark night on the highway, [Bb] _ _ [C] _ and an oncoming truck, [F] _ _ [C] some poor suburban
_ [G] man just [C] _ ran out of luck, _ [G] _ _ [C] _ a wife and two children [G] _ _ [C] waiting at _ [F] home, _ they're gonna find [G] out soon
enough _ [C] that they're all alone.
_ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [G] can [C] be so _ [F] _
[C] cold, _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man
to his knees [G] every once in a _ while, _ [C] _ _ _ tell [Bb] me what you're gonna [C] do if you're only three years [F]
old, [D] and your only [Am] _ _
_ weapon's a [G] smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save the [C] _ _ _ child.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ Everywhere _ folks [G] are fighting, _ [C] _ nobody seems to know what [G] for, [C] no one's listening to the [G] victims [C] of a hundred civil wars, _ _ in the name of [G] whoever, _ [C] _ can't we stop these atrocities, [G] _ [C] the dead, the [G] dying, the walking wounded, [C] and a million [D] refugees. _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this old [Am] _ world [Bb] can be [F] so cold, [C] _ _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, _ [D] _ _ _ _ tell me what you're gonna [G] do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
old, _ and your only _ [Am] _
_ weapon's a [G] smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save [C] the _ child. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ This was a beautiful planet.
[G] _ _ [C] _ But that was once upon a [F] time, [C] _ _ this ain't [G] no fairy tale, what [C] we're doing is a crime, _ _ _ how we gonna tell our children, _ _ how we destroy [G] the earth, [C] we can't lead by example, how will they know what a life is worth.
_ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [C] can be so _ cold, _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ tell me what you're [Am] gonna do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F] _
[C] old, and your _ only _
[C] _ _ [G] weapon's a smile. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Sometimes this old [Am] world [Bb] can [C] be so [F] _
[C] cold, _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a _ while, _ _ [F] _ tell [Bb] me what you're gonna do if you're only three [C] years [F] _
old, [C] and your _ only _ _ _ [G] weapon's a smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save [C] the child. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
God [G] save the [C] child, _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ don't suffer to _ them, _ [G] _ _
_ save [C] the child, _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
God save the child.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ It's a dark night on the highway, [Bb] _ _ [C] _ and an oncoming truck, [F] _ _ [C] some poor suburban
_ [G] man just [C] _ ran out of luck, _ [G] _ _ [C] _ a wife and two children [G] _ _ [C] waiting at _ [F] home, _ they're gonna find [G] out soon
enough _ [C] that they're all alone.
_ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [G] can [C] be so _ [F] _
[C] cold, _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man
to his knees [G] every once in a _ while, _ [C] _ _ _ tell [Bb] me what you're gonna [C] do if you're only three years [F]
old, [D] and your only [Am] _ _
_ weapon's a [G] smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save the [C] _ _ _ child.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ Everywhere _ folks [G] are fighting, _ [C] _ nobody seems to know what [G] for, [C] no one's listening to the [G] victims [C] of a hundred civil wars, _ _ in the name of [G] whoever, _ [C] _ can't we stop these atrocities, [G] _ [C] the dead, the [G] dying, the walking wounded, [C] and a million [D] refugees. _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this old [Am] _ world [Bb] can be [F] so cold, [C] _ _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, _ [D] _ _ _ _ tell me what you're gonna [G] do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F]
old, _ and your only _ [Am] _
_ weapon's a [G] smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save [C] the _ child. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ This was a beautiful planet.
[G] _ _ [C] _ But that was once upon a [F] time, [C] _ _ this ain't [G] no fairy tale, what [C] we're doing is a crime, _ _ _ how we gonna tell our children, _ _ how we destroy [G] the earth, [C] we can't lead by example, how will they know what a life is worth.
_ _ _ Sometimes [Bb] this [Am] old world [C] can be so _ cold, _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a while, _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ tell me what you're [Am] gonna do if you're [Bb] only three [C] years [F] _
[C] old, and your _ only _
[C] _ _ [G] weapon's a smile. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Sometimes this old [Am] world [Bb] can [C] be so [F] _
[C] cold, _ _ bring a [Bb] grown [Am] man to his knees [G] every once in a _ while, _ _ [F] _ tell [Bb] me what you're gonna do if you're only three [C] years [F] _
old, [C] and your _ only _ _ _ [G] weapon's a smile, _ _ _ [Bb] God save [C] the child. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
God [G] save the [C] child, _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ don't suffer to _ them, _ [G] _ _
_ save [C] the child, _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
God save the child.
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