Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
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Key: B
β« Verse 1:
G F#
Through the windless wells of wonder
F B
By the throbbing light machine
A G
In the tea leaf trance or under
F# B
Orders from the king and queen
D F F7/B
Songs, to aging children come
F7/B
(Songs, to aging children come)
B Eb Eb7/A
Aging children, I am one (I am one)
β« Verse 2:
G F#
People hurry by so quickly
F B
Don't they hear the melodies
A G
In the chiming and the clicking
F# B
And the laughing harmonies
D F F7/B
Songs, to aging children come
F7/B
(Songs, to aging children come)
B Eb Eb7/A
Aging children, I am one (I am one)
β« Verse 3:
G F#
Some come dark and strange like dying
F B
Crows and ravens whistling
A G
Lines of weeping, strings of crying
F# B
So much said in listening
D F F7/B
Songs, to aging children come
F7/B
(Songs, to aging children come)
B Eb Eb7/A
Aging children, I am one (I am one)
β« Verse 4:
G F#
Does the moon play only silver
F B
When it strums the galaxy
A G
Dying roses will they will their
F# B
Perfumed rhapsodies to me
D F F7/B
Songs, to aging children come
F7/B
(Songs, to aging children come)
B Eb
This is one
Song History
Published: September 3, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025