The Lost Children

[INTRO:] D C A  (4x)

[VERSE 1:]
                    C           
Down the hall their voices ring, 
       D               A
their feet are on the run
              C             D     
Phantoms on a winter sky, together
         E
 they do come
Am             D                 
Faded lips and eyes of blue, 
    G              Cmaj7
they're carried in the wind
      A                  
Their laughter filled the 
 C               D                
countryside but they'll not laugh 
  E
again


[INTERLUDE:] D C A   D C A


[VERSE 2:]
                    C              
All their games are ended now, 
  D                A
their voices have been stilled
                        C          
Their fathers built the tools of 
     D                   E
war by which they all were killed
      Am               D      
Their mothers made the uniforms 
          G                    Cmaj7
showing which side they were on
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        A                   C     
And the young boys were the middle
             D             E
 men for the guns to prey upon


[INTERLUDE:] D C A   D C A


[VERSE 3:]
                      C            
You've seen the fires in the night,
             D           A
 watched the devil as he smiled
                       C           
You've heard a mothers mournful cry
        D                E
 as she searches for her child
       Am                D        
You've seen the lines of refugees,
     G           Cmaj7
 the faces of despair
    A               C            
And wondered at the wise men who 
D             E
never seem to care


[INTERLUDE:] D C A   D C A


[VERSE 4:]
                 C             D  
Goodbye you lost children, god 
               A
speed you on your way
                     C             
Your little beds are empty now, 
  D             E
your toys are put away
     Am             D              
Your mother sings a lullaby as she 
G            Cmaj7
gazes at the floor
     A                  C         
Your father builds more weapons 
  D                E
and marches out once more


[INTERLUDE:] D C A   D C A   D C A


[VERSE 5:]
                    C           
Down the hall their voices ring, 
       D               A
their feet are on the run
              C             D     
Phantoms on a winter sky, together
         E
 they do come
Am             D                 
Faded lips and eyes of blue, 
    G              Cmaj7
they're carried in the wind
      A                  
Their laughter filled the 
 C               D                
countryside but they'll not laugh 
  E
again