On Children Uke tab by Damien Rice

6 Chords used in the song: Am, G, F, C, Dm, Em

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3.17
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Am Am                    G G
Your children are not your children.
F F C C
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself,
Dm Dm Am Am
They come through you, but not from you
F F Em Em
And though they're with you, they belong to themselves.



Am Am G G
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.
F F C C
For they have thoughts of their own,
Dm Dm Am Am
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
F F Em Em Am Am
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
F F Em Em Am Am
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams,



F F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
F F G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooh-ooooh



Am Am G G
You may strive to be like them,
F F C C
but seek not to make them like you.
Dm Dm Am Am
For life goes, not backward
F F Em Em
nor tarries with yesterday.



Am Am G G
You are the bows from which your children,
F F C C
as living arrows are sent forth,
Dm Dm Am Am
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
F F Em Em Am Am
and He bends you, with His might
F F Em Em Am Am
that His arrows may go swift and far.



F F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
F F G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooh-ooooh
F F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
F F G G Am Am
Ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooh-ooooh



F F G G Am Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
F F G G Am Am
as He loves the arrow that flies, He loves all that is is stable,
F F G G Am Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness,
Dm Dm G G Am Am
for even as he loves the arrow that flies, he loves also the bow that is stable


Am Am, F F, C C, G G, Am Am, F F, G G, Am Am

Uke tab by , 20 Jan 2018

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