Intro
G#m
[Verse 1]
D F#m G#m
I need city lights, defence and weaponry
D F#m G#m
No way of knowing my life expectancy
D F#m G#m
I learn resistance like I learn to see
D F#m G#m
B living witness, a lonely refugee
[Chorus]
B G#m B F#
I'm a war child
G#m B F#
I'm a war baby
G#m B F#
And that's the difference between you..
G#m B F#
and me. I'm a war child
[Verse 2]
D F#m G#m
My occupation is being occupied
D F#m G#m
I stop at the corner to be identified
D F#m G#m
Across the border, they pretend victory
D F#m G#m
I'm playing in the rubble and dream of destiny
[Chorus]
B G#m B F#
I'm a war child
G#m B F#
I'm a war baby
G#m B F#
And that's the difference between you..
G#m B F#
and me. I'm a war child
[Instrumental]
G#m
[Interlude]
G#m B F#
You weren't discovered by the Khmer (Rouge)
G#m B F#
We hear of "the troubles" on the nightly news
G#m B F#
PLO lovers courting after curfew
G#m B F#
Your father and brother have the West Bank blues
G#m B F#
You weren't discovered by the Khmer (Rouge)
G#m B F#
We hear of "the troubles" on the nightly news
G#m B F#
PLO lovers courting after curfew
G#m B F#
Your father and brother have the West Bank blues
[Solo]
E F# E G#m
E F# E G#m
E F# E G#m
E F# E D#m C#m B
[Chorus]
G#m B F#
I'm a war child
G#m B F#
I'm a war baby. Aaa-a-aaa-aa-
G#m B F#
aaaa! Uuu-u-uu-u-u-
G#m B F#
uuuu! Aaa-a-aaa-aa-aaaa!
[Outro]
G#m B F#
I'm a war child
G#m B F#
I'm a war baby
G#m B F#
I'm a war child
G#m B E