Chords for What Will We Tell The Childen (Live) - Ronnie Drew and Eleanor Shanley

[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Which way will the branch bend when there's no wind left to blow?
Which way will the river run when there's nowhere left to [D] go?
What do we tell [A] the children when they start to ask us why?
And where are the keepers [E] who bled the [A] whole thing dry?
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ What kind of air are we to breathe when there's none to take in?
What kind of soil do we turn over where the [G] fallout's thin?
What do we [D] tell the children when they start to ask us why?
And where are the [A] keepers who bled the [D] whole thing dry?
[A] _ _ _ _ _ When do you think they'll tell us?
Don't they know that we know too? _
When do you think they'll listen to the likes of [D] me and you?
What do we tell the [A] children when they start to ask us why?
And where are the keepers [E] who bled the whole [A] thing dry?
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ And what kind of rain will fall on the land that's dead and gone? _
What kind of flowers will look out [G] for the sun?
What do we [D] tell the children when they start to ask us why? _
And where are the [A] keepers who bled the [D] whole thing dry?
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Color will there leaves be a darker shade of brown? _
Is this the kind of legacy to leave to the [D] unborn?
What do we tell [A] the children when they start to ask us why?
And where are the keepers [E] who bled [A] the whole thing dry?
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _
_ _ Which way will the branch bend when there's no wind left to blow?
_ Which way will the river run when there's nowhere left [D] to go?
_ What do we [A] tell the children when they start to ask us why?
And where are the [E] keepers who bled [A] the whole thing dry?
_ _ And where are the keepers [E] who bled the [A] whole thing dry? _ _