Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | Klaus Peter |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
What Do We Tell The Children
Written by Ivan Drever from Orkney.
The chords are by Marc
1 D Which way will the branch bend
When_there's_no_wind left to blow
Which way will the river run
When_there's_no_where left to G go
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
2 D What kind_of_air are we to breath
When there's none to take in
What kind_of_soil do we turn over
Where the fallout's G been
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
3 D When do you think they'll tell us
Don't they know that we know too
When do you think they'll listen
To the likes of me and G you
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
Bridge: instrumental verse + instrumental chorus
4 D And what kind of rain will fall
On a land that's dead and gone
And what kind of flowers
Will look up for the G sun
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
5 What D colour will the leaves be
A darker shade of brown
Is this the kind of legacy
To leave to the un- G born
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
6 D Which way will the branch bend
When there's no wind left to blow
Which way will the river run
When there's no where left to G go
Chorus:
G What do we tell the D children
When they start to ask us why
And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry
D And where are the keepers
Who A7 bled the whole thing D dry