G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
[Pause]
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
[Verse]
G G/F#
Billy skipped school again looking like a fool again
G/F Em C
What a little waste for a taste of a big boy's life
D G
I'm scared for the children
G G/F#
Computer screens and magazines, manufactured hopes and dreams
G/F Em C
Playing in a concrete box 'cause mother's got her shows to watch
D G G/F#
I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
Em G
This is the end of the age of the innocent
Em G
One more game before they go
Em G
This is the end of the age of the innocent
Am
What will we leave them with
B7
Suppose we'll never know
[Verse]
G G/F#
Processed greens and man made meat, running out of things to eat
G/F Em C
Little boys having way too much fun playing with a big boys gun
D G
I'm scared for the children
G G/F#
And on the day the last bird dies there won't be a drop from their big square eyes
G/F Em C
An old man with his eyes like glass kisses the last blade of grass
D G G/F#
Yeah I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
Em G
This is the end of the age of the innocent
Em G
One more game before they go
Em G
This is the end of the age of the innocent
Am
What will we leave them with
B7
Suppose we'll never know
[Interlude]
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
Em G
Em G
Em G
Am B7
[Key change]
F#m A
F#m A
F#m A
Bm C#7
[Chorus]
F#m A
This is the end of the age of the innocent
F#m A
One more game before they go
F#m A
Yeah, this is the end of the age of the innocent
A Bm
What will we leave them with
C#m
Suppose we'll never know
[Otro]
A A/G#
No respect for anyone, why would they after what we done
A/G F#m D
What an example we have set, what a planet we have left
E A
Let's be there for these children