Key: B major•
Verse 1
F#
B
F#
If I were only a child again
No one's ever been, oh,
good to me since then
Everywhere I looked it
seemed so color bright
There were never such things to me
as black and white
E
B
E
B
Verse 2
E
of that special few
Everything it seemed was
so pure and true
I guess we were just too
young to understand
The unselfish cause of death and war
and roles of man
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B
E
B
Verse 3
E
B
F#
Only, only, only a child
Only, only, only a child
Verse 4
Only a child again, hey, hey
F#
If I were only a child again
I would never want to venture
life like this again
People of the world hurling
sticks and stones
Like the sore fates of one come
up and break my bones
Verse 5
E
B
E
B
Verse 6
E
And have the ability to understand
I'd speak for little people
from the date of birth
And ask the grown ups,
when will there be peace on earth?
Verse 7
be peace on earth?
Brother, when will there
be peace on earth?
Verse 8
Only, only, only a child
Only, only, only a child
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B E
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