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