Chords with lyrics
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*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*
Intro:
G+G
Verse 1:
C majorC D MajorD G+G G7G7
Hear the children cryin',
A minorAm G+G
But I know they cry not in vain.
C majorC D MajorD G+G G7G7
Now the times are changin',
A minorAm G+G
Love has come to bloom a-gain.
Bridge 1:
FF C majorC G+G
Smelling the air when Spring comes by raindrops,
FF C majorC G+G
Reminds us of youthful days.
FF C majorC G+G
But now it's not rain, that water the cane crops,
FF
But the sweat from man's brow,
F minorFm
The substance from our spine.
We gotta keep on living, living on borrowed time.
Chorus 1:
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
Yes, you can hear the children singing.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
As they go singing by and by.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah,
DmDm G+G
Singing in the morning.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
Let them sing, don't let them cry.
Verse 2:
C majorC D MajorD G+G G7G7
Over rocks and mountains,
A minorAm G+G
The sheep are scattered all a-round.
C majorC D MajorD G+G G7G7
Over hills and valleys,
A minorAm G+G
They are everywhere to be found.
Bridge 2:
FF C majorC G+G
But though we bear our burdens now,
FF C majorC G+G
All af-flictions got to end, somehow.
FF C majorC G+G
From swinging the hammer, pulling the plough,
FF F minorFm
Why won't you let us be, to live in harmony?
We like to be free, like birds in a tree.
Chorus 2:
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
Yes, you can hear the children singing.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
As they go singing by and by.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah,
DmDm G+G
Singing in the morning.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time),
DmDm G+G
Let them sing, never let them cry.
C majorC A minorAm
(Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah,
DmDm G+G
Singing in the morning...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G+G C majorC D MajorD G7G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355433 x35553 x57775 353433
A minorAm FF F minorFm DmDm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
577555 133211 133111 x57765
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005