Child For A Day
Cat Stevens

[Intro]   (Ex2) then play E    F#m7    A    B   (x2)


E           F#m7    A                     B         E           F#m7       A                B
___I was a child _________who ran full of laughter ____I was a child __who lived for today ____
   A                     B       E                    C#m   A           F#m7          B
My eyes full of sunshine ____my heart full of smiles ___________I was a child __for a day


E               F#m7     A                    B        E               F#m7         A
___We were the children ______who sang in the morning ____We were the children who laughed at the
    B        A                 B        E                         C#m   A             F#m7
Sun ____Who listened to those _____who spoke with their wisdom ____________We are the ones ___
             B
Who we would save But

[Chorus]
E                        G#7                  C#m            E                A
____We're getting older ______as time goes by______ a little older with every day
F#7   E                         B            E   B   A   B   E
__________We were the children ____of yesterday ______________


(E)        F#m7    A                 B          E            F#m7       A
We are the men _________who worry of nothing; ____we are the men ___who fight without aim
B       A                B       E                    C#m   A               F#m7         B
___We listen to no one, ____yet speak of our wisdom, ____________we are the pawns in the game But


[Chorus]
E                        G#7                  C#m            E                A
____We're getting older ______as time goes by______ a little older with every day
F#7   E                         B               E
__________We were the children ____of yesterday


[Solo]    (E)    G#7    C#m   E   A   F#7   E   B   E



(E)         F#m7    A                     B         E           F#m7       A                B
___I was a child _________who ran full of laughter ____I was a child __who lived for today ____
   A                     B      E                     C#m   A           F#m7          B
My eyes full of sunshine ____my heart full of smiles ___________I was a child __for a day But


[Chorus]
E                        G#7                  C#m            E                A
____We're getting older ______as time goes by______ a little older with every day
F#7   E                         B               E
__________We were the children ____of yesterday


[End With]    (E)   B   A   B   (x4) end on E