Kingdom Of Childhood Chords by Joan Baez

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ The ship that sails the [G] seven _ _ _ _ _ seas
[C] _ _ Has finally brought me to [G] my _ knees
It's not much to [D] my liking _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ People _ [C] _ standing [G] on the _ _ rock _ _ _
[C] Are _ _ innocent and they [G] know _ not
If the tide comes in, death rises [D] like a _ viking
_ _ _ _ [C] _ The mountains rise above [G] the _ _ _ mist
_ _ [C] _ And the golden prince I've never [G] _ _ _
kissed
He may [D] die _ tonight
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ And [C] I _ _ [G] want to _ _ ride
_ _ _ [C] _ With a prince whose legend was [G] _ wise _
When we [D] ride together _
Our lives are [G] close forever
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[G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Happiness _ _ is _ temporary, [D] _ _ I [G] know
_ [D] _ [Em] We can arrive as a shining crystal
[D] To leave with the melting _ _ [C] snow
_ Come all ye _ _ [D] landlouses
I think that the child has [Em] passed it _
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _
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but I'm [G] hearty in these _ _ _ _ [C] ears
_ Oh, I am sunk [G] down with my tears
For there beneath [D] my feet _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ I want [C] to endure the [G] slings and _ _ _ _ _ arrows
[C] _ _ That Hamlet spoke about, [G] but _ _ harrowed
He was forced to [D] ragged defeat _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ There [C] was a method to [G] his _ _ _ _ _ madness
[C] _ _ But overcome by [G] pride and _ sadness
He did not [D] _ endure _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ Surely _ [C] _ his death [G] was a brave _ mistake _ _ _
[C] How _ many deaths do we [G] really _ calculate?
_ _ Isn't [D] that true, _ Lord?
_ Tragedies [G] happen when you're born _ _ _
[Em] _ Happiness _ is temporary, _ [D] believe me, [G] I know
[D] _
[Em] We can arrive as a shining [D] crystal
To leave with the melting _ _ [C] snow
_ Come all ye _ _
_ [D] landlouses
I think that the child has [Em] passed it _ _ _ _
You _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] archangels, you have some _ _ nerve
[C] _ _ To watch all [G] this, you are absurd
If you even [D] have a _ _ choice _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] Do you know all [G] I think you've _ made? _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ There's [G] nothing there for you to _ say
But understand why God took [D] that view of _ _ us
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Science is gold, [G] and I believe
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And you are worth [G] your weight in _ reeds
The [Bm] purest _ gold
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ While _
[C] we are here [G] with jets and _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ vets
And aircraft [G] carriers and jets
I call [D] out ruthlessly
Give me an archangel [G] for company _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ Happiness is _ temporary, [D] believe me, I _ _ know
[Em] We can arrive as a shining crystal
[D] To leave with the melting _ _ snow
[C] _ Come all ye _ [Am] landlouses
[D] _ I think that the child has passed [Em] it _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ Me in the woods at [G] the break of _ _ _ _ dawn
[C] The _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] night's still on, the chimes ring [D] from the hall _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ I _
[C] too am worth my [G] weight in gold
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ But the _ fishmonger and [G] I are old
When the mint runs out, our real [D] lives will _ fall
_ _ _ [C] _
_ Pivot with _ [G] misfortune, who woke you _ _ _ _ _ [C]
up?
To pour you the drakes from [G] her aging _ cup
Cast her [D] _ aside
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ The [C] sunrise will appear with a [G] _ _ _ mockingbird _ _ _
[C] _ Who stays deep in the canyon [G] and is heard
_ Glorious [D] in his _ song, he cannot [G] be wrong
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ Happiness is _ temporary, _
[D] believe me, I [G] _ _ [D] know
[Em] We can arrive as a shining crystal
[D] To leave with the melting _ _ [C] snow
Come all ye _ landlouses
[D] _ The kingdom of childhood [C] passes
There's another one just _ [D] beyond
Half quickly before it's gone
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