Where Do the Children Play

Intro

D - G (x4)

C - Em - C - Em - A (just plain strum these chords)

D - G (x2)

(The song starts with a synth (I think that's what it is) but

can be played just as well on a guitar, an electric with a nice

soft effect, for example.)

(Listen to the song to get the right timing)

e|---0-2*--0-2-3--2-3-5-5-5--3-2-3--3-3-2----|
B|-3--------------------------------------3--|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|(x2)

(Then it goes something like this I think for the change to C)

e|---------------3-3h5p3---------------------|
B|-1h3p1-0-1-3---------------1h3p1-0-1-0-----|
G|---------------------------------------2---|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

(Then to the main synth riff, which comes back throughout the whole

song)

Main synth riff

D G

e|-2-0-2-0-------------|-0---0-----0---------|
B|---------3-----------|---3---3-3-----------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|(x2)

(Oh yeah,

the bass comes in (as the guitar plays C) with

C - B - C - B - A, which looks like this)

G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-3----2------3-2-0--|
E|--------------------|

(then plays the same note as the chord the guitar is

playing. Very simple. (I think it sounds like the synth

might also be playing what the bass is playing, but I'm not

sure))

(Anyway, here's the song)

Verse

D G D G

Well I think it's fine building jumbo planes

D G D G

Or taking a ride on a cosmic train

Switch on summer from a slot machine

Yes get what you want to if you want cause you can get anything

Em A Em A

I know we've come a long way, we're changing day to day

Em A D - G - D - G - D - G - D - G

But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass

For your lorryloads pumping petrol gas

And you make them long, and you make them tough

C G C G

But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off

I know we've come a long way

We're changing day to day

But tell me, where do the children play?

(middle play)

C - Em - C - Em - A

D - G (x4)

Verse

When you crack the sky, scrapers fill the air

Will you keep on building higher

'til there's no more room up there?

C G C G

Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?

C G C G

Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

Em7 A (just strum these now)

I know we've come a long way

Em7 A

We're changing day to day--hey

Em A D G D G

But tell me, where do the children play?

D G D G

Do doot do, do de do doot do

D G D D

Do de do doot do do de do do