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I Want To Live

John Denver
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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  it’s 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 it’s time ha[A]s come   (Chorus  Repeat last line 2X)

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