On Children chords by Damien Rice

Verse 1:
   Am           G
Your children are not your children.
       F                    G
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself,
      F         Am
They come through you, but not from you
         G               Am
And though they're with you, they belong to themselves.

Verse 2:
     Am                 G
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.
    F            G
For they have thoughts of their own,
     F                Am
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
      G               Am
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams,

Chorus 1:
F G Am Am (2x)
UUUUuuuuuuh

Verse 3:
     Am        G
You may strive to be like them,
   F            G
but seek not to make them like you.
   F        Am
For life goes, not backward
   G        Am
nor tarries with yesterday.

Verse 4:
       Am           G
You are the bows from which your children,
      F       G
as living arrows are sent forth,
   F              Am
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
    G           Am
and He bends you, with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.

Chorus 2:
F G Am Am (2x)
UUUUuuuuuh

      F           G        Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
     F          G               Am
as He loves the arrow that flies, He loves all that is is stable,
     F            G        Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness,
         F          G                  Am