Children Of The Universe chords by John Denver

Tuning: EADGBE

John Denver - Children of the Universe
From the album: Seasons of the Heart (1982)
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Intro: Bb

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A heritage of vision was given to us all
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To smell the rose's fragrance, to hear the songbird's call
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To watch the distant moonlight fill, the coming of the tides
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To understand that life is more than always choosing sides

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And some have seen what can be seen of sailing ships and kings
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And some are given feet of clay and some are given wings
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Some must struggle just to breathe, some have a golden spoon
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And some will never leave the nest while some walk on the moon

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And don't you know the life that lives within the silent hills
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Is just as rich and beautiful and just as unfulfilled
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As man with all his intellect, his reason and his choice
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Oh, who's to say the nightingale has any less a voice

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The silver dolphins twist and dance and sing to one another
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The cosmic ocean knows no bounds for all that lives are brothers
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The whippoorwill, the grizzly bear, the elephant, the whale
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All children of the universe, all weavers of the tale

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So palomino lie back down and dream yourself to sleep
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The hawk flies with the morning dove, the lion with the sheep
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As far away as you may go we'll never be apart
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