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


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           Where do the Children Play? – Cat Stevens
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Written by: Cat Stevens
From: "Tea For The Tillerman" (1970)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: See tabs for baritone or soprano tuning.
        The chords can be played, of course, with any tuning.

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G-Tuning (bari

tone), high d 

          C-Tu

ning (soprano)

, high g
             
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

             
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

              
 + 4 +      1 

             
+ 2 + 3 + 4 + 

   
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

 +
E|--2-----2---
B|----5-------
G|------------
d|0-------0---

----|--0-----0
5---|---------
----|0--------
--0-|----0----

-----0-|  A|--
-------|  E|--
-------|  C|2-
--0-0--|  g|2-

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2-0---2---0---
------------2-
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|-------------
|-------------
|2-4-2---4-2-2
|0------------

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-4-|
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CHORDS
       G-Tunin
      (bariton
       d-G-B-E
D      0-2-3-2
G      0-0-0-3
C      2-0-1-0
A      2-2-2-0

g   C-Tuning
e) (soprano)
    g-C-E-A
    2-2-2-0
    0-2-3-2
    0-0-0-3
    2-1-0-0

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
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
             
Get what you w

              
ant to if you 

             
want, 'cause y

              
ou can get any

       
thing


[Chorus]
            
 I know we've 


come a long wa

y
            
 We're changin

  
g day to day
            
 But tell me, 

             
where do the c

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hildren play?


[Verse]
             
Well you roll 

             
on roads over 

             
fresh green gr

     
ass
             
For your lorry

             
 loads pumping

             
 petrol gas
             
And you make t

             
hem 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 changin

  
g day to day
            
 But tell me, 

             
where do the c

          [  ]
hildren play?


[Interlude]
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[Verse]
             
Well you've cr

             
acked the sky,

             
 scrapers fill

           
 the air
             
Will you keep 

             
on building hi

              
gher til there

             
's no more roo

            
m 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?


[Chorus]
            
 I know we've 


come a long wa

y
            
 We're changin

  
g day to day
            
 But tell me, 

             
where do the c

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hildren play?


[Coda]
            
Do do do, do d

            
o do do do
             
Do do do do do

           
 do do do do d

o

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