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Barry McGuire - Child of Our Times

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Chord diagram for D
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INTRO: A D
#1.
A
Take your first look around and see the world
D
you're coming into.
A D
Ah, have a good cry, I sympathize with you.
G Gbm G
Ah, forever gone is your serenity for the fleeing
Gbm G
fawn there's no sacred tree, they'll try to make
Gbm
hypocrisy of your heredity.
G Gbm G
So, choose your views most carefully, the future's
Em A
hope is on what you turn out to be.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#2.
A
Every minute you're alive you're that much closer to
D
death.
A D
So, try to make the most of each precious breath.
G Gbm
Ah, don't wave banners, you don't believe, parasite.
G Gbm
You'll have to discover your own wrong and right..
G Gbm
just color your perspectives, black and white.
G Gbm
They'll label you weird, but that's all right.
G Em
They'll thank you in the end, after they've seen
A
the light.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#3.
G Gbm
Ah, the heroes of the past were all good guys but the
G Gbm
leaders of the next war no one will memorize.
G Gbm G
Only the orphan child will sound the cries of a mistake
D Gbm
that could never be rectified.
G Em A
I'm telling you now cause you can stop it if you try.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
OUTRO:
G Gb E
Child of our times..

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