C         F   G
The milky way upon the
C
Heavens
C            Dm       G7
Is twinkling just for you
C       F    E7      Am
And mr. Moon he came by
   Dm                 G7 - G
To say goodnight to you

C             F  G
I'll sing for you i'll
         C
Sing for mother
C             Dm      G7
We're praying for the world
C           F      E7     Am
And for the people everywhere
      Dm              G7 - G
Gonna show them all we care

[Chorus]     
          C     F         Dm         G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
            C         F  Dm    G7
But you've build your own paradise
            C      F        Dm        G       F
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child

[Fill]
C/E - Dm - G

[Verse 2]
C          F     G
If all the people around
C
The world
C          Dm        G7
They had a mind like yours
C            F        E7     Am
We'd have no fighting and no wars
               Dm               G7 - G
There would be lasting peace on earth
C          F    G
If all the kings and all
    C
The leaders
C             Dm        G
Could see you here this way
           C        F     E7       Am
They would hold the earth in their arms
           Dm                 G7 - G
They would learn to watch you play

[Chorus]
        C       F         Dm        G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
            C         F   Dm    G7
But you've build your own paradise
            C     F         Dm         G       E7      Am - G
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping chiiild      (Cover my child)
F          C
I'm gonna cover my
 G              F - C - G              F
Sleeping child           (Keep you away)
F        C             G
Keep you away from the world so wild
          F
(Keep you away from the world)
  G7 - G
(Away from the world so wild)

[Intro Fill]
C - F - Dm - G

[Chorus]
          C     F         Dm         G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
            C         F  Dm    G7
But you've build your own paradise
            C      F        Dm        G       C
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
              F       Dm      G
(You've build your own, the paradise)

          C     F         Dm         G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
            C         F  Dm    G7
But you've build your own paradise
            C      F        Dm        G       F
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child