Jerry Jeff Walker – Then Came The Children (Guitar)

C                          Am
come gather around my friends

C                Am               F
I'll tell you about a minstrel band

G
Of children in their witches hats

C
Painting pictures with the pipes of pan

C                          Am
How a young boy and his sister played some tunes

C             Am           F
Upon a whistle made of tin

G
And led me through the flower gardens

C
Laughing at the postman's stubby chin

C                          Am
And in my dizzy stupor

C             Am           F  C Dm
I was trying to forfeit all I'd known

G
And listen to that french horn music

C
that could swirl me in a magic all it's own

C                          Am
But somewhere in the distance

C             Am           F  C Dm
You and I, we fought our monsters to a draw

G
It was in those days of books and wine

C
With Ferlin Getty grasping for a straw

C                          Am
And out along the highways

  C             Am           F  C Dm
We journeyed far to find that mystic smile

G
Chasing down identities

C
My God we must have run a million miles

C                          Am
So we can teach the children

C             Am           F  C Dm
Nothing, nothing but survival in the desert bare

G
They can teach us how to laugh

C
How to love and tie bright ribbons in our hair

C                          Am
So play for us you children

C             Am           F  C Dm
Tinkle bells and rhyme the purple, greens and blues

G
Think of us as fighting fools

C
Who somehow stumbled through this life loving you

C                          Am
Lets sing children sing

C             Am           F  C Dm
Love all the purples greens and blues

G
we'll all think over

C
how we wintered through the seasons loving you