Key: C
Introduction:
C G7
Children children children run and jump and play
C
Children you'll be men and women someday
E7
And then you'll have to leave
F C
Your world of make believe now children
G7 C
Young carefree children
G7
Children need someone who understands
C
Children need someone to hold their hands
E7
To cheer them when they're sad
F C
To spank them when they're bad now children
G7 C
Pretty dirty children
Am G7
Pride goes before destruction
F C G7
A haughty spirit goes before a fall
Am G7
Don't you know that we're all children
F C G7
And it's all for one and one for all
C G7
Children call each other names
C
Children playing the grownup games
E7
And the things that's really sad
F C
Is that we lose the faith we had when we were children
G7 C
Loud proud children
G7
Children who think that they are grown
C
Children with children of their own
E7
From the cradle to the grave
F C
I wish we could all behave like little children
G7 C G7 C
God's little children sweet precious children
G7 C G7 C
Pretty dirty children little bitty children