Save The Children Chords by Gil Scott-Heron

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If you're driving [D] through [Gm] the country on a lazy [F] _ afternoon, _
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[Am] or you're watching your [Gm] children _ _
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they seem to _ be _ _ _ _ so [Ab] unaware _ of _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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the things that they'll soon _ _ have [Ab] to take
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We've got to do [Gm] something, yeah, _ _ to [Dm] save the [C] children. _ _
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[Dm] Soon it will [Gm] be their turn [Dm] to _ try and save [C] the world.
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Right now they seem to play _ _ _ such [Ab] a small part _ of _ _ _ the _
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_ things that they'll soon _ be right at
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My little Tommy, _ [Bb] _ _ he said he wants to [F] be a fireman. _
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And [Gm] little Mary, she _ said _ _ [F] she's got to teach _ school.
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If we know, or we say we know, _ about [Ab] the _ _ problems, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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why can't we do something _ _ to try [Ab] and solve _ them?
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ We've got to do [Gm] something, yeah, _ _ _ to [Am] save the children. _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Soon it will [Gm] be their turn to try and [F] save the world. _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ We've [Dm] got to do [Gm] something, yeah, _ _ to [F] save the children. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ To [F] save the children. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ To save [F] the children. _ _ _ _ _
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