And The Youth Shall See Visions chords by Debbie Friedman

• Capo on 7th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Capo VII for original key

VERSE 1:
C                                 Am
Childhood was for fantasies, for nurs'ry rhymes and toys,
    Em                              F                           G
The world was much to busy to understand small girls and boys.
   Dm              G                 Em               Am
As I grew up I came to learn that life was not a game,
      F                   Bb           Dm                 G
That heroes were just peo ple that we called another name.

CHORUS:
        C   C/B          Am7    C/G     F          G       C
And the old shall dream dreams, and the youth shall see visions,
        Am               F         Bb   G
And our hopes shall rise up to the sky.
        Dm             G        Em            F
We must live for today, we must build for tomorrow.
            C Am              Dm  G            C
Give us time, give us strength,   give us life.


VERSE 2:
C                                          Am
Now I'm grown, the years have passed, I've come to understand
          Em                        F                    G
There are choices to be made and my life's at my command.
  Dm                G         Em           Am
I cannot have a fut  ure 'til I embrace my past.
   F               Bb               Dm                 G
I promise to pursue the challenge, time is going fast.


CHORUS:
        C   C/B          Am7    C/G     F          G       C
And the old shall dream dreams, and the youth shall see visions,
        Am               F         Bb   G
And our hopes shall rise up to the sky.
        Dm             G        Em            F
We must live for today, we must build for tomorrow.
            C Am              Dm  G            C
Give us time, give us strength,   give us life.


VERSE 3:
   C                                   Am
Today's the day I take my stand, the future's mine to hold.
    Em                              F                    G
Commitments that I make today are dreams from days of old.
  Dm                  G          Em              Am
I have to make the way, for generations come and go.
      F                 Bb                   Dm             G
I'll have to teach them what I've learned so they will come to know


CHORUS:
        C   C/B          Am7    C/G     F          G       C
And the old shall dream dreams, and the youth shall see visions,
        Am               F         Bb   G
And our hopes shall rise up to the sky.
        Dm             G        Em            F
We must live for today, we must build for tomorrow.
            C Am              Dm  G            C
Give us time, give us strength,   give us life.

Outro:
Am       C     Am             Dm    G         C    Gm   C  Gm  C
Give us time, give us strength,     give us life,  give us life.