Chords with lyrics
Verse Bridge Outro
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D MajorD xx0232 C majorC x32010 Bb majorBb x1333x
C majorC x32010 D MajorD xx0232 DmDm xx0231
G+G 320033 E minorEm 022000 C majorC x32010
G6G6 xxx000 FF 13321x G+G 320033
E minorEm 022000 A augmentedA x02220
Intro:
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
E minorEm G+G G6G6
Verse 1:
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
I saw children through a fence
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
Standing by blue canvas tents
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
I called to them, they moved like ghosts
E minorEm G+G G6G6
Blind, silent and remote
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
A augmentedA girl whose mouth was a straight line
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
Looked like a creature out of time
D MajorD C majorC G+G G6G6
A augmentedA grey boy burned by cigarettes
E minorEm G+G G6G6
Pushed his scarred hands through the fence
Bridge:
C majorC
When I turned, tried to run
D MajorD
I saw ten thousand children
E minorEm
Where lady lines wrapped in white sheets
FF A augmentedA
Along a God forsaken street
Interlude:
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Verse 2:
(Ramy Essam – lyrics in Arabic)
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm (x8)
FF A augmentedA
Outro:
Bb majorBb
I prayed an angel broke the clouds
DmDm C majorC
To free the children, free them, oh oh
Bb majorBb
I prayed and waited for an angel
DmDm C majorC
I waited but no angel came
Bb majorBb
I prayed an angel broke the clouds
DmDm C majorC
To free the children, free them, oh oh
Bb majorBb
I prayed and waited for an angel
DmDm C majorC
I waited but no angel came
Bb majorBb
I prayed an angel broke the clouds
DmDm C majorC
To free the children, free them, oh oh
Bb majorBb
I prayed and waited for an angel
DmDm C majorC
I waited but no angel came
Bb majorBb
I prayed an angel broke the clouds
DmDm C majorC
To free the children, free them, oh oh
Bb majorBb
I prayed and waited for an angel
DmDm C majorC
I waited but no angel came
DmDm C majorC G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
I prayed an angel would come but no angel came
DmDm C majorC G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
I prayed an angel would come but no angel came
DmDm C majorC G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
I prayed an angel would come but no angel came
DmDm C majorC G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
I prayed an angel would come but no angel came