Children Say Chords by Level 42

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[F#m] I could [A] be master, but I'm not shared with others, [B] they don't seem to understand. _ _ _
[A] I opened my mouth to rediscover, [B] I don't have the [D] words for my [E] command. _
[A] Holding out for [C#m] a world so much better, but [B] I'm a stranger in a stranger's land.
All my [E] friends are so lame, [F#m] they can't handle the pressure. _
[B] Counting the days, [D] trying to salvage my [E] faith and_
Children say, children say, [Em] we open our minds [G] and walk.
_ _ [C#m]
But one more day kicks away, [C] when the dreams of the [Em] young are [Bm] gone. _ _
[E] When I overhear my parents' conversations, [B] well I'm struck by the things they _ say.
It seems [A] they cheated through years, through mere complications.
[B] Who would have thought [D] it could end this [E] way? _
[C#m] [A] They closed the door, but they can't lock it, [B] because they've built their childhood names.
And [A] they've built it before, with a man in their pocket, [B] counting the cost [D] of their dreamy [E] little games.
Children say, from what may, these [C] troubled friends [G] you know.
_ [E]
But one more day [A] falls away, [Am] when you remember [Em] the love we've known.
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[E] Children say, children say, we [Em] open our [G] minds and walk.
[D]
[E] But one more day kicks away, when the [Am] dreams of [Em] the young are [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ gone.
_ [D] Everybody hears them [C#m] say, _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[A] when they knew what I was saying.
But did you know what it meant, [B] when you saw the look in my eyes?
Did you know it was heaven sent?
[A] Was it all a waking dream?
All the time we must have spent, [B] well I guess it was given.
[D] Somehow that feeling [E] came and went.
Children say, from what may, these troubled [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ friends you [C#m] know.
But one more day falls away, when [Em] you remember the love we've known.
_ [E] _
Children say, children say, we open [Em] our minds [G] and walk.
[E] But one more day kicks away, [Em] when the dreams of the young [Bm] are gone.
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ And I've [C#m] heard them say, _ _ they've said it. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ And I've [C#m] heard them say, _ they've said _ [C] it.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Hear [C#m] them say, they've said it. _ _ _ _
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