(no capo) (capo on II)
D: xx0232 x54232
C#m: x46654 x46654
E: 022100 xx2454
B: x24442 x24442
A/B x2222x x2222x
D C#m E B ad lib.
D
We are ancient
C#m
As ancient as the sun
E
We came from the ocean
B
Once our ancestral home
D
So that one day
C#m
We could all return
E
To our birthright
B
The great celestial dome
Bm E Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm E
Our journey's just begun
Bm E Bm E
Sunflowers in our hair
Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm E
There is room for everyone
Bm E D C#m E B
Sunflowers in our hair
D
Throughout the ages
C#m
Of iron, bronze, and stone
E
We marveled at the night sky
B
And what may lie beyond
D
We burned offerings
C#m
To the elemental ones
E
Made sacrifices
B
For beauty, peace and love
Bm E Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm E
Our kingdom will come
Bm E Bm E
Sunflowers in our hair
Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm E
Our carnival's begun
Bm E
Our songs will fill the air
Bm D E
Bm D E
Bm D
And you know it's time
E
To look for reasons why
Bm D
Just reach up and touch the sky
E Bm E Bm E
To the heavens we'll ascend
Bm E Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm A/B Bm A/B
Our journey has begun
Bm A/B Bm
All the older children
A/B
Come out at night
Bm A/B
Anemic, soulless
Bm A/B Bm A/B
Great hunger in their eyes
Bm A/B
Unaware of the beauty
Bm A/B Bm A/B
That sleeps tonight
Bm A/B
And all the queen's horses
Bm A/B
And all the king's men
Bm A/B
Will never put these children back
Bm A/B Bm
Together again
Bm D E
Bm D E
Bm D E
Faith, hope, our charities
Bm D E Bm E Bm E
Greed, sloth, our enemies
Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E
We are the children of the sun
Bm E Bm E Bm
We are the children of the sun