{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1969975,"song":"Children Say","artist":"Level 42","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440593-children-say-chords-by-level-42/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1969975?type=chord","rating":4.93056,"votes":16,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] \r\n[ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI keep to myself what I might share with others[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nbut they don't seem to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI open my mouth to rediscover[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have the words at my command[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nholding out for a world so much better[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nbut I'm a stranger in a stranger's land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nall my friends have sold out couldn't handle the pressure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\ncounting their blessings trying to salvage what they can[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nChildren say - children say[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe open our minds as one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nas one more day - slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhy don't the dreams of the young never come to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWhen I overhear my parents conversations[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwell I'm struck by the things they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Asus2[/ch] \r\nit seems they traded the years for mere complications[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwho ever thought it could end this way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nthey close the door but they can't lock it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n'cause something of their childhood remains[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nand they've felt it before when the man in their pocket[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\ncounted the cost of their material gains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nChildren say - come what may[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbe strong for the friends you've known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nbut one fine day - (not) far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwill we remember the love we used to own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nChildren say - children say[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe open our minds as one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nas one more day - slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhy don't the dreams of the young never come to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] \r\n[ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell you knew what I was saying but did you know what it meant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nwhen you saw that look in my eye did you know it was heaven sent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nwas it all a waking dream all that time we must have spent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwell I guess it must have been somehow that feeling came and went[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nChildren say - come what may[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbe strong for the friends you've known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nbut one fine day - (not) far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwill we remember the love we used to own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nChildren say - children say[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe open our minds as one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nas one more day - slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhy don't the dreams of the young never come to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(repeat and fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAsus2 B \nAsus2 B D E\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAsus2 B \nAsus2 B D E\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Asus2","B","D","E","C#m7","Amaj7","Cmaj7","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}