Chords for What Children Believe

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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Saturday morning [Eb] at a treehouse [Dm] meeting [F] in our backyard.
_ [Bb] Overcooled and in crackers, [Eb] you could hear through the [Bb] laughter just how smart [F] they are.
[Eb] With crayons they wrote down [Bb] the things they believe.
[Cm] Oh, the wisdom [Bb] in first grade [F] _ philosophy. _
_ _ Love [Eb] lasts forever, mom and daddy stay [Bb] together.
The [Cm] cheaters never win [F] and the promises, [Bb] something to keep.
[Eb] It's bad to lie, but it's [Bb] okay to cry.
[Cm] Dreams will never die, [Eb] and faith is all [Ab] you [Bb] need.
[Eb] Ain't it crazy what children [Bb] _ [Bb] believe?
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[Bb] Sometimes I wish [Eb] I didn't know [Bb] now what [F] I didn't know [F] then.
[Bb] When my world was so small, [Eb] back before all [F] of this trouble we're in.
[Eb] When right and wrong mattered, [Bb] and truth was in style.
[Cm] And hope could [Bb] be seen through [F] the eyes of a child.
_ _ Love [Eb] lasts forever, mom and daddy stay [Bb] together.
The [Cm] cheaters never win [F] and the promises, [Bb] something to _ [Eb] keep.
It's bad to lie, but it's [Bb] okay to cry.
[Cm] Dreams will never die, [Eb] and faith is all [Ab] you [Bb] need.
[Eb] Ain't it crazy [F] what children [Bb] believe?
_ [F] A world without hate, our people still care.
[Cm] What a wonderful [Bb] place this would [Eb] be if we [G] lived where
Love [F] lasts forever, mom and daddy stay [C] together.
The [Dm] cheaters never win [G] and the promises, [C] something to [Gm] keep.
[F] It's bad to lie, but [C] it's okay to cry.
_ [Dm] Dreams will never die, [F] and faith is all [Bb] you [C] need.
[F] Ain't it crazy [G] what children [Am] _ believe?
[F] It's amazing _ [G] what _ children [C] believe.
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