Damien Rice – On Children (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
     Am                     G
Your children are not your children.

              F                                        G
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself,

            F                  Am
They come through you, but not from you

                 G                             Am
And though they're with you, they belong to themselves.
[Verse 2]
         Am                                 G
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.

        F                        G
For they have thoughts of their own,

         F                                Am
You may house their bodies but not their souls,

           G                             Am
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams, [Chorus 1]
F G Am Am  (2x)
UUUUuuuuuuh
[Verse 3]
         Am               G
You may strive to be like them,

      F                        G
but seek not to make them like you.

     F                Am
For life goes, not backward

      G               Am
nor tarries with yesterday.
[Verse 4]
             Am                     G
You are the bows from which your children,

            F              G
as living arrows are sent forth,

      F                            Am
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

       G                     Am
and He bends you, with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far. [Chorus 2]
F G Am Am (2x)
UUUUuuuuuh

           F                     G               Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;

         F                   G                              Am
as He loves the arrow that flies, He loves all that is is stable,

          F                       G               Am
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness,

                 F                    G                                    Am
for even as he loves the arrow that flies, he loves also the bow that is stable