Where Do The Children Play Chords & Tabs

by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

[Content]
Where Do The Children Play chords
Cat Stevens 1970 (Tea for The Tillerman) *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_the_Children_Play%3F

[Intro]
D  G   D  G   D  G   D  G   C Em  C Em A
D  G   D  G

[Verse]
       D               G          D           G
Well I think it's fine,  building jumbo planes
   D             G      D           G
Or taking a ride   on a cosmic train
D                G        D           G
Switch on summer   from a slot machine
     D                           G                        D    G
Yes, get what you want to if you want 'cos you can get anything

[Chorus]
  Em         A               Em               A         
I know we've come a long way,  we're changing day to day
Em          A                       D  G DGDGDG
But tell me,  where do the children play?

[Verse]
         D             G      D                G
Well you roll on roads   over fresh green grass
         D          G         D         G
For your lorryloads   pumping petrol gas
        D              G         D              G
And you make them long,  and you make them tough
         C              G                    C            G
But they just go on and on, and it seems you can't get off

[Chorus]
  Em         A               Em               A         
I know we've come a long way,  we're changing day to day
Em          A                       D  G DGDGDGCEm C Em A D G D G
But tell me,  where do the children play?

[Verse]
         D             G          D           G
When you crack the sky,  scrapers fill the air
         D                G     
Will you keep on building higher
                     D             G
'til there's no more room up there?
         C             G          C           G
Will you make us laugh,  will you make us cry?
         C               G                      C           G
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

[Chorus]
Em           A              
I know we've come a long way
Em             A              
We're changing day to day--hey
Em          A                      D  G DG
But tell me, where do the children play?
D          G              D G
Do doot do, do de do doot do
   D         G         D  D 
Do de do doot do do de do do
* Alternates:
Capo II
D  = C
G  = F
C  = Bb
Em   Dm
A  = B
Capo V
D  = A
G  = D
C  = G
Em   Bm
A  = E
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