The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born) chords by Chris de Burgh, Chris Rea
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Verse 1
A (D major) child is born on a battlefield,
A soldier boy (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) falls to his knees, (Asus4)
And a (D major) woman cries (G major) in joy and pain, (F sharp minor)
(D major)
When will we all live in (G major)
peace again?
(D major)
Verse 2
A child is born where the wild wind blows,
In a country torn (F sharp minor) (D major) (G major) from
the south to the north, (D major)
(Asus4) And a family runs (G major) from day to (D major) day,
(F sharp minor) (B minor)
When will we see (E minor) (Asus4)
our home again?
(B minor)
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Verse 3
When will (D major) we see (G major) that simple truth, (F sharp major)
That the only thing (B minor) that's
worth a damn,
(G major)
Verse 4
The life of a (E minor) child is more than (G major) a forest,
(Asus4) (D major) (A major)
The life of a child (E minor) is more than
(G major) a bor (Asus4) der (D major) , (A major)
Could (F sharp major) ever be; (B minor)
Verse 5
A (B minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A major) child is (D major) born
(G major) in the desert (D major) sun,
A tiny (F sharp minor) life (G major) has just begun (D major) ,
(Asus4) (A major)
And a mother cries (G major) for
her hungry (F sharp minor) babe,
When (B minor) will I feed (E minor) (Asus4) my
boy again?
(D major)
Verse 6
(G major)
A child is (D major) born (G major) (D major) to an (G major) ordin (D major) ary home,
East or (F sharp minor) west, (G major) it could be anyone, (D major) (A major)
But we (Asus4) all want to know, (G major)
Will my child survive to see (F sharp minor) the day, (B minor)
When we will (E minor) be (Asus4) secure again? (B minor)
Verse 7
(B minor)
When will we see (G major) the simple (F sharp major) truth,
That the only thing (B minor) that's
worth a damn,
(G major)
Verse 8
The life of a child (E minor) is more than a (G major) forest,
(D major) (A major)
The life (Asus4) (A major) of a child (E minor) is more
than a (G major) bor (D major) der, (A major)
The life of a child (E minor) is more
than re (G major) li (D major) gion, (A major)
The life of a child (E minor) is only (G major) a
heartbeat (D major) (A major) from etern (F sharp major) (B minor) ity,
We must believe, (G major)
for the sake (E minor) of hu (D major) manity, (A major)
We (F sharp major) must be (B minor) lieve
Interlude 1
(B minor) (G major) (E minor) (Asus4)
(A major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (G major) (E minor)
(A major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (G major)
Verse 9
For the sake (E minor) of human (D major) ity,
(A major) we (F sharp major) must believe.
Outro 1
(B minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
(D major) (D major)
The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born)
Chris De Burgh, Chris Rea
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