[Capo on 2nd fret]
Intro
C - F - Dm - G [3x]
C F G
The milky way upon the
C
Heavens
C Dm G7
Is twinkling just for you
C F E7 Am
And mr. Moon he came by
Dm G7 - G
To say goodnight to you
C F G
I'll sing for you i'll
C
Sing for mother
C Dm G7
We're praying for the world
C F E7 Am
And for the people everywhere
Dm G7 - G
Gonna show them all we care
Chorus:
C F Dm G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
C F Dm G7
But you've build your own paradise
C F Dm G C
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
Intro fill:
C - F - Dm - G
C F G
If all the people around
C
The world
C Dm G7
They had a mind like yours
C F E7 Am
We'd have no fighting and no wars
Dm G7 - G
There would be lasting peace on earth
C F G
If all the kings and all
C
The leaders
C Dm G
Could see you here this way
C F E7 Am
They would hold the earth in their arms
Dm G7 - G
They would learn to watch you play
Chorus:
C F Dm G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
C F Dm G7
But you've build your own paradise
C F Dm G E7 Am - G
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping chiiild (Cover my child)
F C
I'm gonna cover my
G F - C - G F
Sleeping child (Keep you away)
F C G
Keep you away from the world so wild
F
(Keep you away from the world)
G7 - G
(Away from the world so wild)
Intro fill:
C - F - Dm - G
Chorus:
C F Dm G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
C F Dm G7
But you've build your own paradise
C F Dm G C
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
F Dm G
(You've build your own, the paradise)
C F Dm G
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
C F Dm G7
But you've build your own paradise
C F Dm G C
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
Intro fill:
C - F - Dm - G - C
