VERSE I
F# C#
I wouldn’t wanna be a kid in Africa
B
Where the sun has never shown
F# C# B
For the child soldiers soldiering all day long
F# C#
Never knew the joys of being a kid
B
Just a slit in the arm and a forced drug fix
F# C# B
Then it’s off with a gun to the torture, murder, death
CHORUS
D#m F F# G# C# F# B
And as I walk these modern streets looking into the future
D#m F F# G# C# F# B
Yeah as I walk these modern streets looking into the future
VERSE II
B F# C#
Well now I wouldn’t wanna be a kid in the USA
B
Where the kids are disposable
F# C# B
You’re just a number on the docket of the selective service roll
F# C#
Wouldn’t wanna be a kid in one of many lands
B
Working in a factory, a field, a mine
F# C# B
D# sweatshop worker on the production line
CHORUS
D#m F F# G# C# F# B
And as I walk these modern streets looking into the future
D#m F F# G# C# F# B
Yeah as I walk these modern streets looking into the future
BRIDGE I
B D#m C# F# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B D#m C# F# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B D#m C# F# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B D#m C# F# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
VERSE III
B F# C#
Well now I wouldn’t wanna be a kid in the modern world
B
Neurotic, full of fear, no control
F# C# B
Hungry, empty, feeling worn and old
F# C#
Unable to make sense of the heads of state
B
Unable to make sense of the wars they wage
F# C# B
Feeling every second that I live I go closer to the grave
B
I need to know…
BRIDGE II
B F# C# B
What will it take oh no
B F# C# F~ F~
What will it take oh no
ENDING
B
(1, 2, 3, 4!)
B F# F D# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B F# F D# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B F# F D# C# B
What will it take to end the massacre?
B F# F D# C# F~ F~
What will it take to end the massacre?