Key: D major
Intro 1
B
E
C#m
F#
E
B
C#m
F#
Verse 1
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E
F#
B
The milky way upon the heavens
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F#
Is twinkling just for you
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E
D#
G#m
And Mr. Moon he came by
C#m
E
F#
To say goodnight to you
Verse 2
B
E
F#
B
I'll sing for you, I'll sing for mother
E
F#
We're praying for the world
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E
D#
G#m
And for the people everywhere
C#m
E
F#
Gonna show them all we care
Chorus 1
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E
C#m
F#
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
B
E
C#m
F#
But you've built your own paradise
B
E
That's one reason why
C#m
F#
E
I'll cover you sleeping child
B
C#m
F#
Verse 3
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E
F#
B
If all the people around the world
E
F#
They had a mind like yours
B
E
D#
G#m
We'd have no fighting and no wars
C#m
E
F#
There would be lasting peace on earth
Verse 4
B
E
F#
B
If all the kings and all the leaders
E
F#
Could see you here this way
B
E
D#
G#m
They would hold the earth in their arms
C#m
E
F#
They would learn to watch you play
Chorus 2
B
E
C#m
F#
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
B
E
C#m
F#
But you've built your own paradise
B
E
That's one reason why
C#m
F#
D#
G#m
I'll cover you sleeping child
Bridge 1
(cover my child)
(Keep you away)
Keep you away from the world so wild
E
F#
B
F#
(Away from the world so wild)
Chorus 3
B
E
C#m
F#
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
B
E
C#m
F#
But you've built your own paradise
B
E
That's one reason why
C#m
F#
E
I'll cover you sleeping child
B
C#m
F#
Chorus 4
B
E
C#m
F#
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
B
E
C#m
F#
But you've built your own paradise
B
E
That's one reason why
C#m
F#
E
I'll cover you sleeping child
B
C#m
F#
B
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