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From: Harlan L Thompson 

WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY? - Cat Stevens

[Intro]
                                

[Verse 1]
             
Well I think i

             
t's fine, buil

             
ding jumbo pla


nes
             
Or taking a ri

            
de on a cosmic

     
 train
            
Switch on summ

             
er from a slot

    
 machine
             
Yes, get what 

              
you want to if

             
 you want 'cos

              
 you can get a

     
nything
            
I know we've c

             
ome a long way

            
, we're changi

     
ng day to day
            
But tell me, w

             
here do the ch

                        
ildren play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass
For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas
And you make them long, and you make them tough
             
But they just 

             
go on and on, 

              
and it seems y

             
ou can't get o


ff

Oh, I know we've come a long way
We're changing day to day
But tell me, where do the children play?

                        

When you crack the sky, scrapers fill the air
Will you keep on building higher
'til there's no more room up there?
             
Will you make 

             
us laugh, will

            
 you make us c

ry?
             
Will you tell 

             
us when to liv

              
e, will you te

             
ll us when to 

 
die?
           
I know we've c

 
ome a long way
           
We're changing

   
 day to day--h

ey
            
But tell me, w

             
here do the ch

                 
ildren play?
            
Do doot do, do

            
 de do doot do
             
Do de do doot 

          
do do de do do

MAIN PATTERN:
             
E|---2-0-2--0-
B|---3-3-3----
G|---2-2-2----
D|-0----------
A|------------
E|------------

   (
-----0---0----
3------3---3-(
-------0---0--
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--------------
--3-----------

-----0-|
3)-3---|
-------|
-------|
-------|
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NOTE: Generally pick the pattern on all D G sections and strum in other
places, but listen to the record to catch it all.
(from Tea for the Tillerman, 1970)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)


From: Atalbo@aol.com
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 18:29:43 - 0400

Cat Stevens "Where do the children play"

I'll send this in chord now, and tab when I've got more time.

[Verse]

   (some exceptions)

Well I think It's fine  Building Jumbo planes
Taking a ride  on a cosmic train
Switch on summer  from a slot machine (?)
Do anything you want, 'cause you can do anything

[Chorus]

            
I know we've c

                   
ome a long way
We're changing
Well tell me w
           
a-a-a-a-a-ay

 day  to day
here do the ch

ildren pla-

             
Well you roll 

             
on roads  over

             
 fresh green g

               
rass
For your lorry loads  pumping petrol gas
             
Oh, you make t

             
hem long   and

             
 you make them

                   
 tough
but they just go on and on/ and it seems that you can't get off

[Chorus]

             
well you've cr

             
acked the sky 

              
            sc

             
rapers fill th

                 
e air
but will yu keep on building higher  till there's no more room up there  C
              
will you make 

             
us laugh  Will

             
 you make us c

                  
ry?
Will you tell us when to liive, will  you tell us when to die?

[Chorus]
(I think A11 is substituted for Em)

sorry 'bout the mess, I'll send tab when I'm done moving