Child of our times
G
C
1. Take your first look around and see the world you're coming into,
G C
ah, have
a good cry, I sympathize with you.
F Em
Ah, forever gone is your
serenity
F Em
for
the fleeing fawn, there's no sacred tree,
F Em
they'll
try to make hypocrisy of your heredity.
F Em
So, choose your views most
carefully,
F Dm G
the future's hope is on what you turn out to
be.
C F - G C
Child of our times, child of our times, product
of our society.
Am F
What will you grow up to respect,
Am F
tell me, what will you grow up to
protect ?
Am F G C
In your burning, turning mind,
you are your own worst enemy.
+ F - Em - Dm - C
G C
2. Every minute you're alive you're that much closer to death,
G C
so,
try to make the most of each precious breath.
F Em
Ah, don't wave banners, you
don't believe, parasite,
F Em
you'll
have to discover your own wrong and right.
F Em
just color your perspectives, black and white.
F
Em
They'll label you weird, but
that's all right,
F Dm G
they'll
thank you in the end, after they've seen the light.
C F - G C
Child of our times, child of our times, product of our society.
Am F
What will you grow up to respect,
Am F
tell me, what will you grow up to
protect ?
Am F G
C
In your burning, turning mind,
you are your own worst enemy.
+ F - Em - Dm - C
F Em
3. Ah, the heroes of the past were all good guys,
F Em
but
the leaders of the next war no one will memorize.
F Em
Only the orphan child will
sound the cries
F Em
of a
mistake that could never be rectified.
F Dm
G
I'm telling you now ‘cause you can stop it if you try.
+ CHORUS
F Em G
+ Child of our times..
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Barry McGuire)