Chords for Johnny Cash - Children
Tempo:
92.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
E
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Children, children, children, run and jump and play.
Children, you'll be men and women [C] someday, and then you'll have to [E] leave your [F] world of make [Fm]-believe.
Now, [C] children, [G] young, carefree [C] children, children, need someone who [G] understands.
Children, need someone to [C] hold their head, to cheer them when [E] they're sad, [F] make them when they're [Fm] bad.
[C] Now, children, [G] pretty, dirty [C] children, [Am] pride [G] goes before [F] destruction, the haughty [C] spirit woes [G] before a fall.
[Am] Don't you [G] know that we're all [F] [C] [G]
[C] children?
We're all [G] each children, playing the [C] grown-up game.
And the thing [E] that's really sad [F] is that we lose the faith we had when [C] we were children.
[G] Loud, proud [C]
children, children who think that they are [G] grown.
Children, [G] with children of their own.
[C] From the cradle to [E] the grave.
[F]
[Fm] [C] Children, [G]
God's little [C] children, [G] sweet, gracious [C] children, [G] pretty, dirty [C] children.
[G] [C] [G]
Children, you'll be men and women [C] someday, and then you'll have to [E] leave your [F] world of make [Fm]-believe.
Now, [C] children, [G] young, carefree [C] children, children, need someone who [G] understands.
Children, need someone to [C] hold their head, to cheer them when [E] they're sad, [F] make them when they're [Fm] bad.
[C] Now, children, [G] pretty, dirty [C] children, [Am] pride [G] goes before [F] destruction, the haughty [C] spirit woes [G] before a fall.
[Am] Don't you [G] know that we're all [F] [C] [G]
[C] children?
We're all [G] each children, playing the [C] grown-up game.
And the thing [E] that's really sad [F] is that we lose the faith we had when [C] we were children.
[G] Loud, proud [C]
children, children who think that they are [G] grown.
Children, [G] with children of their own.
[C] From the cradle to [E] the grave.
[F]
[Fm] [C] Children, [G]
God's little [C] children, [G] sweet, gracious [C] children, [G] pretty, dirty [C] children.
[G] [C] [G]
Key:
C
G
F
E
Fm
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Children, _ children, _ _ children, _ _ run and jump and play. _ _
Children, _ you'll be men and women [C] someday, _ _ and then you'll have to [E] leave your [F] world of make [Fm]-believe.
Now, [C] children, _ _ [G] young, carefree [C] children, _ _ _ _ _ _ children, _ need someone who [G] understands.
_ _ _ Children, need someone to [C] hold their head, _ to cheer them when [E] they're sad, [F] make them when they're [Fm] bad.
[C] Now, children, _ _ [G] pretty, dirty [C] children, _ _ [Am] pride [G] goes before [F] destruction, the haughty [C] spirit woes [G] before a fall.
_ _ [Am] Don't you [G] know that we're all [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] children?
We're all [G] each _ _ _ children, _ _ playing the [C] grown-up game.
And the thing [E] that's really sad [F] is that we lose the faith we had when [C] we were children.
_ [G] Loud, proud [C] _
children, _ _ _ _ _ children who think that they are [G] grown. _ _
Children, [G] _ with children of their own.
[C] _ From the cradle to [E] the grave.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] Children, _ _ [G] _
God's little [C] children, _ _ [G] sweet, gracious [C] children, _ [G] pretty, _ dirty [C] children.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Children, _ children, _ _ children, _ _ run and jump and play. _ _
Children, _ you'll be men and women [C] someday, _ _ and then you'll have to [E] leave your [F] world of make [Fm]-believe.
Now, [C] children, _ _ [G] young, carefree [C] children, _ _ _ _ _ _ children, _ need someone who [G] understands.
_ _ _ Children, need someone to [C] hold their head, _ to cheer them when [E] they're sad, [F] make them when they're [Fm] bad.
[C] Now, children, _ _ [G] pretty, dirty [C] children, _ _ [Am] pride [G] goes before [F] destruction, the haughty [C] spirit woes [G] before a fall.
_ _ [Am] Don't you [G] know that we're all [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] children?
We're all [G] each _ _ _ children, _ _ playing the [C] grown-up game.
And the thing [E] that's really sad [F] is that we lose the faith we had when [C] we were children.
_ [G] Loud, proud [C] _
children, _ _ _ _ _ children who think that they are [G] grown. _ _
Children, [G] _ with children of their own.
[C] _ From the cradle to [E] the grave.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] Children, _ _ [G] _
God's little [C] children, _ _ [G] sweet, gracious [C] children, _ [G] pretty, _ dirty [C] children.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _