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