Children of the eighties (video)

C Em

We're the children of the eighties, haven't we grown ?

Am D7

We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than a stone,

C G Am

and the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden.

Am F

1. We like the music of the sixties,

Am F

it's the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Doors,

Am F

flower children, Woodstock, anti-war.

Am F

But it's getting harder to deceive us,

Am Bb

and we don't care if Dylan's gone to Jesus,

F-

Jimi Hendrix is playing on.

F C

We know Janis Joplin was the rose,

D7 G G7

but all the stuff she put in her arm, we're not alarmed.

+ CHORUS

Am F

2. Some of us are the sisters and the brothers,

Am F

who take a leather jacket and a single golden earring,

Am F

hang out at discos, rock shows, lose our hearing,

Am Bb

take uppers, downers, blues and reds and yellows,

F

our brains are turning to jello.

F C

We are looking forward to the days,

F C

when we live inside of a purple haze,

D7 G G7

and the salvation of the soul is rock 'n' roll

C Em

We are the children of the eighties, haven't we grown ?

Am D7

We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than a stone,

C G Am

and the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden.

Am F

3. Recently have you looked in our eyes,

Am F

maybe we're your conscience in disguise.

Am Bb

We're well informed and we are wise,

F

please stop telling us lies.

F C

We know Afghanistan's invaded,

F C

and we know El Salvador's dictated.

F C

but our lives are just begun,

F C

we are the warriors of the sun,

D7 G G7

we're the golden boys and the golden girls for a better world.

C Em

We are the children of the eighties, haven't we grown ?

Am D7

We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than a stone,

C G Am

and the age of our innocence is somewhere, somewhere in the garden.

(Joan Baez)