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VERSE:
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Pictures in a    picture book
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    Yeah, that's how they used to look
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   They were young and in love


CHORUS:
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    Why are the children dea-ead
Gmaj7                    Dmaj7  Gmaj7
Why are the children dea-ead


VERSE:
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    Peace on the    plains of earth
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    Youth drowned    at its birth
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   Play in fields painted red


CHORUS:
Gmaj7           Fmaj7        Dmaj7
    Why are the children dea-ead
Gmaj7                    Dmaj7  Gmaj7
Why are the children dea-ead


BREAK:
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   What ever happened  to  the dawn
F#m           E       Dmaj7       Gmaj7
   What ever happened  to  the law-aw


VERSE:
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    Killin' in the    name of God
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    Killin' all the    country's laws
F#m7       Dmaj7
   Kill at any cost


OUTRO:
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    Is that why the children are dead
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 Is  that why the children are dead
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 Is  that why the children are dead
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 Is  that why the children, the children, the children oh, oh, oh
   Gmaj7                                     Dmaj7
Is that's why the children, the children are dead
    Dmaj7                    Gmaj7
Are dead,  dead, dead, dead, dead
      Dmaj7
Oh oh ohhh oh oh oh
   Gmaj7                Dmaj7
Is that why the children are de-ea-ea-ea-ea-ead
Gmaj7
Are dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead
Dmaj7                             Gmaj7   Dmaj7  Gmaj7  Dmaj7  Gmaj7
Are dead, are dead, are dead, are dead