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      INTRO

Am       F     G  Am       F     G
' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' '

VERSE
       Am            C
I'm a child of South Africa
        Em      F
I'm a child of Vietnam
       Am               C
I'm a child of Northern Ireland
        Em            F            G
I'm a small boy with blood on his hands


BRIDGE
              Am          G
Cause I am a child of the universe
              Am          G
Cause I am a child of the universe
         D            A         E
You can see me on the TV every night
         D               A             E
Always there to join in someone elses fight
        A                    G                 A    G
I never asked to be born and I never asked to die
       A                 G                D             E
I'm an endless dream, a gene machine the cannot reason why


CHORUS
              F#m         E
Cause I am a child of the universe
              F#m         E
Cause I am a child of the universe
         F                      A
You can see me on the TV every day
          F                                   Am
I'm the child next door three thousand miles away


REPEAT INTRO - VERSE - BRIDGE - CHORUS

INTRO

INSTRUMENTAL
Am      G      
(8 times)  

         Ab                     C
You can see me on the TV every day
          Ab                                  Cm
I'm the child next door three thousand miles away
    

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