Jeff Beck – Scared For The Children (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G G/F# G/F Em C D G G G G/F# G/F Em C D G G
G   G/F#   G/F   Em   C   D   G   G
[Pause]
G G/F# G/F Em C D G G G G/F# G/F Em C D G G [Verse]
G                          G/F#
Billy skipped school again looking like a fool again

G/F                       Em                 C
What a little waste for a taste of a big boy's life

D                     G
   I'm scared for the children

   G                            G/F#
Computer screens and magazines, manufactured hopes and dreams

G/F                              Em                           C
Playing in a concrete box 'cause mother's got her shows to watch

D                     G          G/F#
   I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
Em                                G
This is the end of the age of the innocent

Em                        G
One more game before they go

Em                                G
This is the end of the age of the innocent

             Am
What will we leave them with

                    B7
Suppose we'll never know
[Verse]
G                                   G/F#
Processed greens and man made meat, running out of things to eat

G/F                               Em                           C
Little boys having way too much fun playing with a big boys gun

D                     G
   I'm scared for the children

    G                                   G/F#
And on the day the last bird dies there won't be a drop from their big square eyes

   G/F                              Em                             C
An old man with his eyes like glass kisses the last blade of grass

D                          G           G/F#
   Yeah I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
Em                                G
This is the end of the age of the innocent

Em                        G
One more game before they go

Em                                G
This is the end of the age of the innocent

             Am
What will we leave them with

                    B7
Suppose we'll never know
[Interlude] G G/F# G/F Em C D G G G G/F# G/F Em C D G G Em G Em G Em G Am B7 [Key change] F#m A F#m A F#m A Bm C#7 [Chorus]
F#m                               A
This is the end of the age of the innocent

F#m                       A
One more game before they go

      F#m                               A
Yeah, this is the end of the age of the innocent

A            Bm
What will we leave them with

                    C#m
Suppose we'll never know
[Outro]
A                     A/G#
No respect for anyone,    why would they after what we done

A/G                           F#m                       D
   What an example we have set,   what a planet we have left

E                           A
   Let's be there for these children