Where Do the Children Play? — Cat Stevens
Chords and lyrics for Where Do the Children Play? by Cat Stevens (key of D).
Intro
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G/B] [C] [G/B] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G]
Verse 1
Well I think [D]it's fine
[G]Building jumbo [D]planes
[G]Or taking [D]a ride
[G]On a cosmic [D]train
[Em7/D][G]Switch on [D]summer
[G]From a slot [D]machine
[G]There's good [D]what you want, if you want
[G]As you can get anything
Chorus
[D] [G] [Em]
I know we've come a [A]long way
[Em]We're changing date today
[A][Em]But tell me, why [A]do the children play?
Verse 2
[D] [G] [D] [Gsus2/D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
Well you roll [D]on roads
[G]Over fresh [D]green grass
[G]For your lorry [D]loads
[G]Pumping petrol [D]gas
[G]Then you make [D]them long
[G]Then you make [D]them tough
[G]But they just [C]go on and on
And [Em/B]it seems that you can't [C]get off
Chorus
[Em]I know we've come a [A]long way
We're [Em]changing date [A]today
[Em]But tell me, why [A]do the children play?
Verse 3
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G/B] [C] [G/B] [A7] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
Well you've cracked [D]the sky
And [G]scraped the spill [D]of the air
[G]But will you keep [D]on building higher
[G]Till there's no more?
[D] [G]
Well you make [C]us laugh
[G/B]Will you make [C]us cry
[G/B]Will you tell [C]us when to live?
[G/B]Will you tell us when to [C]die?
Chorus
[Em]I know we've come a [A]long way
[Em]We're changing date [A]today
[Em]But tell me, why [A]do the children play?
Outro
[D] [G] [D]
Well [G]you [D]make [G][D][G/D][D][G/D][D]us laugh