Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
I want to give you a thousand things; I want to give you this world.
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Full of children's laughing voices; I want to give you this world.
FF C majorC G7G7 A minorAm FF G+G G7G7
Peel away the muddy darkness of our hate and fear.
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
And we'll find a world of light. I want to give you this world.
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Once we could laugh and bare foot run; where did the happy days go?
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go?
FF C majorC G7G7 A minorAm FF G+G G7G7
They are shackled in the prison of our self-born pride.
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
Smash the bars and free the world; that's where the happy days lie.
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Once by the sea we could sit and sing. Where has the happy world gone?
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC C7C7
Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go?
FF C majorC G7G7 A minorAm FF G+G G7G7
But we can't accept this blind world, filled with loss and pain;
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC