Bee Gees – Children Of The World (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb From "Children of the World" (1976) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard A great song, but difficult to pin down, especially the verses. This is what I came up with. Comments and corrections are highly welcome. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS e-B-G-D-A-E G6/A 0-3-4-5-0-x Gmaj7/A 2-3-4-5-0-x Cdim x-4-2-4-3-x G/A 3-3-4-5-0-x Ab/Bb x-4-5-6-x-6 Ebmaj7 3-3-3-1-x-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 3rd fret [no chord] Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - watching every day go by [no chord] Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating [no chord] Ah, ah ah ah, we are searchers of the truth, every man's a boy deep down [no chord] Dmaj7 Gotta say it how you mean it - there ain't no easy way

       A           A6           G6/A        Gmaj7/A
Like a bird in the wind, like a tree in the storm

         A           A6             G6/A
Like the breath of a child from the moment he's born

       A         A6           A            G6/A
To the very last day when the curtains are drawn

Bm        F#m        Bm              F#m    Em            A        Dmaj7
Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - asking every question why

     Bm         G6/A
From arrival to survival - just to make it worth the waiting

Bm        F#m        Bm           F#m    Em              A      Dmaj7
Ah, ah ah ah, we are faces in the night - watching every day go by

        Bm               G6/A                         Dmaj7
Changes my life, changes your life - there ain't no easy way

       A            A6            G6/A     Gmaj7/A
In the back of your mind there is always a mark

          A         A6    G6/A
There's a wandering solo alone in the dark

        A         A6       A        G6/A
You can keep it forever or tear it apart

SOLO | Dm | % | % | % | | Em | % | Fm | % |

| Cdim Bm | Bm | % |   [G/A]
               (break)

Bm        F#m        Bm              F#m    Em              A      Dmaj7
Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - watching every day go by

         Bm                G6/A
Changing my life, changing your life - keeps us all anticipating

[up one half step, but no chord] Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - watching every day go by

       Bb          Bb6          Ab/Bb    
Like a bird in the wind, like a tree in the storm

         Bb          Bb6            Ab/Bb    
Like the breath of a child from the moment he's born

       Bb        Bb6          Bb           Ab/Bb    
To the very last day when the curtains are drawn

Cm        Gm         Cm              Gm     Fm              Bb     Ebmaj7
Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - watching every day go by

        Cm               Ab/Bb
Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating

[no chord] Ah, ah ah ah, we are children of the world - watching every day go by [no chord] Changes my life, changes your life - keeps us all anticipating