AmFGAmFG ' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' '
 VERSE
AmC I'm a child of South Africa
EmF I'm a child of Vietnam
AmC I'm a child of Northern Ireland
EmFG I'm a small boy with blood on his hands
 BRIDGE
AmG Cause I am a child of the universe
AmG Cause I am a child of the universe
DAE You can see me on the TV every night
DAE Always there to join in someone elses fight
AGAG I never asked to be born and I never asked to die
AGDE I'm an endless dream, a gene machine the cannot reason why
 CHORUS
F#mE Cause I am a child of the universe
F#mE Cause I am a child of the universe
FA You can see me on the TV every day
FAm I'm the child next door three thousand miles away
 INSTRUMENTAL
AmG (8 times)
AbC You can see me on the TV every day
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