Children

America

RockAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Gmaj7Diagram coming soon

Em7

D6Diagram coming soon

G6Diagram coming soon

F#m7Diagram coming soon

F#mDiagram coming soon

GmDiagram coming soon

A9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro:  Gmaj7 Em7
    D6        G6  D6  G6  Gmaj7
The boy cried out
D6           Em7   F#m7 Em7
Gaily on the ground
D6     G6  Gmaj7 D6 G6 Gmaj7
At the joy
   D6               Em7 F#m7 Em7
Of something he had found
Chorus:
         Am(V)   G(III)    F#m      G(III)C
     Aw, come on children, get your heads back together
     Aw, come on children, get your heads back together
     Aw, come on children, get your heads back together
     D G/D Gm/D
    D                G/D        Gm/D
The days are getting warmer now
    D                  G/D        Gm/D  Cmaj9 D
The nights are getting shorter now
D                   Cmaj9    D                    Cmaj9
And you know we can make it 'cause you know we're alive
D                    Cmaj9    D                Cmaj9    Gmaj7 Em7
But we don't have to take it, any way we'll survive
   D6     G6  D6 G6 Gmaj7
If I were you
D6                 Em7   F#m7 Em7
I'd throw it far away
       D6       G6  D6 G6 Gmaj7
But if you were me
D6                     Em7   F#m7 Em7
You'd tell me I should stay ..... repeat chorus
Em9    A7     Em9                 A9
Again. Again. Again and again and again.
Em9                  A7
Again, and again and again
Em9    A7     Em7
Again, again, again

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Chord set

Gmaj7 · Em7 · D6 · G6 · F#m7 · Am · G · F#m · C · D · Gm · A7 · A9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.