INTRO Am F G Am F G ' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' |' ' ' ' VERSE Am C I'm a child of South Africa Em F I'm a child of Vietnam Am C I'm a child of Northern Ireland Em F G I'm a small boy with blood on his hands BRIDGE Am G Cause I am a child of the universe Am G Cause I am a child of the universe D A E You can see me on the TV every night D A E Always there to join in someone elses fight A G A G I never asked to be born and I never asked to die A G D E I'm an endless dream, a gene machine the cannot reason why CHORUS F#m E Cause I am a child of the universe F#m E Cause I am a child of the universe F A You can see me on the TV every day F Am I'm the child next door three thousand miles away REPEAT INTRO - VERSE - BRIDGE - CHORUS INTRO INSTRUMENTAL Am G (8 times) Ab C You can see me on the TV every day Ab Cm I'm the child next door three thousand miles away