If Children Were Wishes chords by
Wye Oak

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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If children were wishes,
D D 
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G G 
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My mother spent hers on
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impossible things
C C 
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My brother was money,
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My sister was love,
and I was world peace

Verse 2
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My brother, he spent it,
My sister got pregnant,
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and all that I'm worth
C C 
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Will only come true
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When there are no more of us left

Interlude 1

on this earth

Verse 3

If hearts were machines that kept

Running forever automatically,

Then you wouldn't be in that

Hospital bed, on that saline I- V

Verse 4
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And if it's your diet,
you stubbornly swear
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That it wasn't your fault,
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You rather be dead in that hospital bed
G G 
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Than cut back on sugar and

Interlude 2

salt

Verse 5

Oh, aren't you afraid of

Living in a major American city,

So marry a stupid,

Unreachable girl who's impossibly pretty

Verse 6
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And I've seen you drive
everyday of your life,
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And it's always a rush,
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And I  have to wonder
How I ever let you do
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something so dangerous

Verse 7
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And so I suppose this is
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Just how it goes no matter how I try,
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I just have to watch you get
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Weaker and weaker till you finally die

Verse 8
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But I have to remember
The wish of my mother and
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all that I'm worth,
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Which will only come true
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When there are no more of us left on this earth

Outro 1
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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