Chords for Rick Springfield What Would The Children Think 1972

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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] She wakes up in the morning [Am] with the new _ _ _ sunrise.
_ [Gm] Looks at her husband sleeping still, [Dm] _
inside [A] she _ cries.
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She tells him, breastfeeds him, [Am] scared to move on their way.
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Watching him through the window, [F] she prepares to [A] face another [B] day.
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[A] _ [Bb] Then her _ [C] husband tells her, [F] no, it won't be home [Bb] till late.
_ [Gm] There's so much [C] work you'll have to stay [F] behind. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] But she [Am] knows it [Bb] isn't what's on [F] his [C] mind, _ but still he'd never _ leave her.
_ [F] Cause what would [C] the children [Bb] think?
_ _ [F] Where would [C] the children [Bb] go? _
_ _ [F] What would [C] the children [Bb] _
do?
_ [F] If they knew [Bb] the way it was, [F] _ but they'll never [Bb] learn _ _ because_
_ _ [C] What would the children think?
_ [Bb] Where would the [Dm] children go? _ _ _ _ _
_ The gate, she kisses him [Am] and watches him walk. _
_ [Gm] Hoping this small charade will stop [Dm] the _ neighbours [A] talk. _
She [Dm] turns to hide a tear inside her [Am] gilded cage. _ _
[Gm] She cries for the love she could not [F] hold and lost to [A] someone [Bm] half her [Am] age.
_ [A] _ [Bb] Then a frightened, [C] _ breaking [F] heart [Am] tells her to [Bb] run away.
[Gm] But she values what [C] she's got a little [F] more. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Two [Am] kids, one [Bb] dying and one nearly [C] four. _
And she would never _ leave them.
_ _ [F] Cause what would [C] the _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] children [Bb] think?
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Where [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] would the children go?
If they knew the way it was, but they'll never learn _ _ _ because_
[C] What would the children _ _ think?
[Bb]
Where would the [Dm] children _ go? _ _
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_ _ _ [F] What would [C] the children [Bb] think?
_ _ [F] Where [C] would the children _ [Bb] go?
_ [F] _ [Cm] What would the children [Bb] _ do?
_ [F] Where [C] would the children [Bb] go?
_ [D] _ [F] What would the [C] children _ [Bb] think?
_ _ [F] Where would [C] the children [Bb] go?
_ _ [F] What [C] would the children [Bb] _ do?
_ [C] _ [F]
Where would the [C] children [Bb] go?
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