I Want To Live
John DenverVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain
There are children raised beneath a golden sun
There are children of the water
Children of the sand
And they cry out through the universe Their Voices raised as one
I want to live i want to grow
I want to see i want to know
I want to share what i can give
I want to be i want to live
Have you gazed out on the ocean
Seen the breaching of a whale?
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
Have you heard the song the humpback hears
five hundred miles away
Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? (chorus)
(Bridge) For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
For the native and the wanderer in kind
For the maker and the user and the mother and her son
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine
We are standing all together
Face to face and arm in arm
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
No more hunger no more killing
No more wasting life away
It is simply an idea and I know its time has come (Chorus Repeat last line 2X)
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Readable chord sheet for I Want To Live by John Denver
There are[D] children raised in sorrow
On a sc[Bm]orched and barren pla[D]in
[G] [Em] [D] [A7]
There are children raised beneath a golden sun
There are[D] children of the water
C[Bm]hildren of the s[D]and
And they c[G]ry out through the u[Em]niverse Their Voices r[C]aised as one [A]
[A]I want to [D]live i want to g[Dmaj7]row
I want to [G]see i want to k[Gadd9]now
I want to sh[A]are what i can gi[G]ve
I want to [A]be i want to li[D]ve
Have you [D]gazed out on the ocean
Seen the br[Bm]eaching of a whal[D]e?
[G] [Em] [D] [A7]
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
Have you h[D]eard the song the humpback hears
five[Bm] hundred miles [D]away
Telling t[G]ales of ancient h[Em]istory of p[C]assages and h[A]ome? (chorus)
(Bridge) For the w[Em]orker and the warrior the [Bm]lover and the liar
For the na[C]tive and the w[Em]anderer in k[D]ind
F[Em]or the maker and the user an[Bm]d the mother and her son
[C]I am looking[Em] for my fam[C]ily and all of [A7]you are mine
We are s[D]tanding all together
Face to [Bm]face and arm in a[D]rm
[G] [Em] [D] [A7]
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
No more [D]hunger no more killing
No more was[Bm]ting life a[D]way
It is si[G]mply an i[Em]dea and I kn[C]ow its time ha[A]s come (Chorus Repeat last line 2X)