Chords for JOAN BAEZ ~ The Children Of The Eighties ~

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_ We're the children of the [Db] 80s, [Ebm] haven't we grown?
[Abm] We're tender as a lotus, and [Db] we're tougher than stone
[B] And the age of [Gb] our innocence is somewhere [Abm] in the garden _
We _ _ _ _ _ like the music of [E] the _ 60s
[Abm] It's the Rolling Stones, the Beatles [E] and the _ _ [Abm] Doors
Flower Children, [E] Woodstock and the War
_ [Abm] Ah, but it's getting harder to [E] deceive us
_ [Abm] And we don't care if Dylan's gone [A] to Jesus
_ Jimi Hendrix is [Db] [E] playing on
_ We know Janis Joplin [B] was the rose
Ah, [Db] but all the stuff she put [Gb] in her arm
We're not alone
We [B] are the children of the [Ebm] 80s, haven't we grown?
[Abm] We're tender as a lotus, and we're tougher [Db] than stone
[B] And the age of our [Gb] innocence is somewhere [Abm] in the garden
Some _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of us are the sisters and [E] the brothers
_ Who [Abm] take a leather jacket and a single golden [E] _ _ earring
[Abm] Hang out at [B] discos, rock shows, [E] lose our hearing
[Abm] Take uppers, downers, blues and [A] reds and _ yellows
Our brains are [E] turning to jello
_ We are looking forward [B] to the days
_ [E]
When we live inside of a [B] purple _ haze
[Db] The salvation _ [Gb] of the soul is a rock and roll
We [B] are the children of the [Gb] 80s, haven't we grown?
[Abm] We're [Bb] tender [Abm] as a lotus, and [Db] we're tougher than stone
[B] And the age of [Gb] our innocence is somewhere in [Abm] the garden _ _
Recently _ _ _ _ _ have you looked [E] in our _ _ [Abm] eyes
Maybe we're your conscience [E] in disguise
_ [Abm] We're well informed, and [A] we are _ wise
Please stop [E] telling us _ lies
We know _ [B] Afghanistan's invaded
_ [E] And we know El [B] Salvador's _ dictated
[E]
All but our lives have [B] just begun
_ [E] We are the warriors of [B] the sun
We're the [Db] golden boys and the [Gb] golden girls
For a better _ world
We [B] are the children of the [Ebm] 80s, haven't we grown?
[Abm] We're tender as a lotus, [Db] and we're tougher than stone
[B] And the age of our [Gb] innocence is somewhere, somewhere _ [Abm] in the garden _ _ _ _ _ _
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