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