{"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":2020307,"song":"On Children","artist":"Damien Rice","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2020307-on-children-chords-by-damien-rice/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2020307?type=chord","rating":0.17878,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour children are not your children.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey come through you, but not from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd though they're with you, they belong to themselves.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou may give them your love, but not your thoughts.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor they have thoughts of their own,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou may house their bodies but not their souls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,[/tab]\r\nwhich you cannot visit, not even in your dreams,\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  (2x)\r\nUUUUuuuuuuh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou may strive to be like them,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut seek not to make them like you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor life goes, not backward[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nnor tarries with yesterday.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou are the bows from which your children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas living arrows are sent forth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand He bends you, with His might[/tab]\r\nthat His arrows may go swift and far.\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] (2x)\r\nUUUUuuuuuh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nas He loves the arrow that flies, He loves all that is is stable,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor even as he loves the arrow that flies, he loves also the bow that is stable[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nwhich you cannot visit, not even in your dreams,\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\nthat His arrows may go swift and far.\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["Am","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}