Verse 1: C G C Am F G C C7 I want to give you a thousand things; I want to give you this world. F C G Am F G C C7 Full of children's laughing voices; I want to give you this world. F C G7 Am F G G7 Peel away the muddy darkness of our hate and fear. C G C Am F G C And we'll find a world of light. I want to give you this world. Verse 2: C G C Am F G C C7 Once we could laugh and bare foot run; where did the happy days go? F C G Am F G C C7 Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go? F C G7 Am F G G7 They are shackled in the prison of our self-born pride. C G C Am F G C Smash the bars and free the world; that's where the happy days lie.
Verse 3: C G C Am F G C C7 Once by the sea we could sit and sing. Where has the happy world gone? F C G Am F G C C7 Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go? F C G7 Am F G G7 But we can't accept this blind world, filled with loss and pain; C G C Am F G C
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