Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Save the Children (Official Audio)

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_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Abm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ If you're driving [Dm] through [Gm] the country on a lazy _ [F] afternoon, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] or you're [Am] watching your [Gm] children _ _ _ _
playing after [F] school, _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ they seem to _ be _ _ _ _ so unaware. _ _ _
_ I know, I know, _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ the things that they'll soon _ _ _ have [Ab] to take care [Eb] of.
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_ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _
We've got to do [Gm] something, yeah, _ _ to [C] save the children. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[Dm] Soon it will [Gm] be their turn [Bb] to try and save [Am] the world. _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Right now they seem to play _ _ such a small part _ of _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ things that they'll soon _ be [Ab] right at
the [Eb] heart _ _ of.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
My little Tommy, _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] he said he wants to be a fireman. _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ And little [Gm] Mary, she said _ she's [F] got to teach school. _
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If we know, all we say we know, _ about [Ab] the _ _ problems. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb]
Why can't we do _ something _ to try and solve _ _ them?
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ We've _
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got to do [Gm] something, yeah, _ _ _ to [F] save the children.
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[Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Soon it will [Gm] be their turn to try and save the [F] world. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] We've got to do [Bb] something, yeah, _ [Eb] _
[Gm] to save [F] the children. _ _ _
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To [F] save the children. _ _ _
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To save [F] the children. _ _ _ _
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