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Children Of The Wild World - Michael Martin Murphey Chords

Chords: D, G, A, Bm

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Genre: country, folk, americana


Capo 3 (positions relative)

[Intro] (x2)

e|-5-------5--5----3p2---|
B|---3---3------3------3-|
G|-----2-----------------|
D|-0----------0----0-----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

[Verse 1]
D
You probably come from Canada
D G D
Where the cold wind chased you down
D A
Is that a touch of snow upon your wings
Bm D
Are you headed southward bound
D
Move quickly wild bird
G D
The hunter comes from town
D A
He longs to see you on his wall
A Bm D
You match his mantelpiece in brown
D
Faster wild bird
D G D
The sun is sinking down
D A
I?d love to ride your noble wings
A Bm D
I would utter not a sound

[Chorus 1]
G A D
There must be some kind of blue sky somewhere
G A D
God made especially for you
D A
Children of the wild winds
Bm
Go there now
G A D
Take what?s left of living for you

[Verse 2]
D
You probably come from Asia
D G D
Where the seas are deep and clear
D A
When you rise to break the rolling waves
A Bm D
Your body glistens like a mirror
D
Faster great blue one
D G D
It?s the fisherman I hear
D A
There?s a pretty price upon your head
A Bm D
They?re paying well for you this year

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