They're Killing Children Over There chords by
The Magnetic Fields
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Key: A major
Intro 1
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So we went to see the
Verse 1
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Jefferson Airplane
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Odetta was the opening act
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Grace Slick was young and angry
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She said "My fellow freaks,
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it's a fact
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They're
Verse 2
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killing children over there
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They're killing children over there
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I know we're not supposed
to care
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But they're still killing children over
Interlude 1
there"
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Back then I was even
Verse 3
younger
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than Grace Slick
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Even for my age I was small
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I thought she meant a massacre
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Was taking place inside that hall
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She said "they're
Verse 4
killing
children over there
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They're killing children over there
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I know we're not supposed to care
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But they're still killing children
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over there"
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Now that everyone is
Verse 5
fat and
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complacent
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I haven't heard a protest in years
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We just keep paying our taxes
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The taxes keep turning the gears
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They're
Verse 6
killing children over there
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They're killing children over there
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I know we're not supposed to care
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But they're still killing children
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over there
Outro 1
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