Where Do The Children Play - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)


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Song: Where do the children play
Artist: Cat Stevens
Composer: Cat Stevens
Album: Tea for the Tillerman
Tabbed by: DJ  2nd June 2013

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[Intro]
     
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[Verse 1]
     
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Well, I think 

            
it's fine,    

             
  building jum

          
bo planes,
             
Taking a ride-

           
---  on a cosm

           
ic train,
             
Switch on summ

            
er  ...from a 

             
slot machine,
             
Yes, get what 

              
you wanna, if 

            
you want, 'cau

              
se you can get

          
 anything

[Chorus]
            
    I know we'

             
ve come a long

            
 way,     we'r

           
e changing day

 to day,
            
    But, tell 

             
me, where do t

            
he children pl

           
ay--------?  H

        
ey, yeah!

[Verse 2]
     
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Well, you roll

            
 on roads   ..

             
.over fresh gr

           
een grass,
             
For your lorry

            
 loads    ...p

             
umping petrol 

     
gas,
             
And you make t

            
hem long,     

             
and you make t

           
hem tough,
              
Eh...  but the

         
y just go on, 

          
and on,
              
And it seems t

         
hat you can't 

          
get off

[Chorus] 
            
Oh,     I know

             
 we've come a 

            
long way,     

              
we're changing

 
 day to day,
            
   But, tell m

             
e, where do th

            
e children pla

          
y-----? Hey, y

    
eah!   Oh, oh.

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[Bridge]
       
...Oh!        

      
 Oh - oh, oh! 

             
    Oh, oh, oh

     
!          Oh 

    
 - oh, oh!

     
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Well, you've c

              
racked the sky

            
,     scrapers

               
 fill the air,
             
But will you k

              
eep on buildin

  
g higher,
              
'Til there's n

             
o more room up

          
 there?
         
Will you make 

           
us laugh,     

           
   will you ma

         
ke us cry?
         
Will you tell 

           
us when to liv

             
e? Will you te

         
ll us when to 

      
die---------?

[Chorus]
             
I know we've c

              
ome a long way

            
,    we're cha

             
nging day to d

    
ay------,
              
But, tell me, 

            
where do the c

             
hildren play--

           
------?  Hey, 

      
yeah!

[Coda]
             
Doo - doo, doo

             
 - n - doo!   

             
    Doo - doo,

             
 doo - n - doo

   
!
             
Doo - doo, doo

             
 - n - doo!   

             
    Doo - doo,

          
 doo - n - doo

!

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