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