Barry McGuire - Child of Our Times

      Child Of Our Times:Barry McGuire.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on DUNHILL Records
in 1965.

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..



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.