Tom: B
Introdução:
Am7is
Am7(4), Em is really Em9, etc.]
D= C/9= Am7=
Gsus4= Em= Em/D=
chord fingerings, and John Smiley ( *) for the videotape.]
G D C/9 Am7
When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives
G D C/9
The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye
G D C/9 Am7
We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime
G D C/9
Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds
C/9 D Gsus4- D
Am7 Em Em/D C/9 D
And then a voice called to us to make our way back home
When I was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd
C/9 D
And now we drink our coffee on the run, we climb that ladder rung by rung
C/9 D
We are the daughters and the sons, and here's the line that's missing
The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street