Children of Paradise - by Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues) -
words and music by Justin Hayward and Mickey Feat; from the CD "The View From the Hill"
My interpretation only - questions or comment; Tony - acarfam@apex.net
This is a beautiful (spiritual) song. Fingerpick throughout.
Z (Riff) G
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Intro: G Z
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /(2X)
Verse:G CG Z
Like the crashing of a wave on the shores of consciousness,
G
We're alive and we're awake to the world,
CD
And with the gift of love we're blessed. Cos..
Chorus:D CD C D C G Z
We can be, yes we can be, we can be children of paradise.
C G
Children of paradise.
Verse:
In the twinkling of an eye or the turning of a page,
Comes the moment when our time has arrived.
We can never be the same.
Chorus (repeat)
Bridge: Bm CGD
And all I know is we're still climbing up that hill
Bm C G D
And all we need to sustain us is love of love, the light of life,
Em A7 C D7
And the faith to know we can heal.... like children.
Verse:
Through the violence and the rage, by the grace of love be still.
And the spirit that breaks free from the cage
Is the one they cannot kill.
Chorus: (repeat)
End: ZC G ZG
Children of paradisechildren of paradise.
