If Children Were Wishes

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[Verse 1]
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If children were wishes
  Em7               D                   D6
My mother spent hers on impossible things
C*
My brother was money
                  D*
My sister was love
G
And I was world peace


[Verse 2]
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My brother, he spent it
  Em7              D
My sister got pregnant
                     D6
And all that I'm worth
C*
Will only come true
                     D*     G
When there are no more of us left on this earth


[Hook]
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Ooh
Em7   D    D6
Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   G
Ooh, ooh, ooh


[Verse 3]
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If hearts were machines that kept
Em7         D               D6
Running forever automatically
C*
Then you wouldn't be in that
            D*        G
Hospital bed, on that saline I-V


[Verse 4]
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And if it's your diet
   Em7              D                        D6
You stubbornly swear that it wasn't your fault
C*
You rather be dead in that hospital bed
D*       G
Than cut back on sugar and salt


[Hook]
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Ooh
Em7   D    D6
Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   G
Ooh, ooh, ooh


[Verse 5]
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Oh, weren't you afraid of
Em7            D              D6
Living in a major American city
C*
So you marry a stupid
              D*       G
Unreachable girl who's impossibly pretty


[Verse 6]
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And I've seen you drive everyday of your life
                     D6
And it's always a rush
C*
And I have to wonder
                          G
How I ever let you do something so dangerous


[Verse 7]
G
And so I suppose
                          Em7
This is just how it goes no matter how I try
D
I just have to watch you
                       D*       G
Get weaker and weaker 'till you finally die


[Verse 8]
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But I have to remember
   Em7                    D                D6
The wish of my mother and all that I'm worth
C*
Which will only come true
                       D*    G
When there are no more of us left on this earth


[Hook]
G
Ooh
Em7   D    D6
Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   G
Ooh, ooh, ooh