F#m


[Verse 1]
C                   Em                F#m
I need city lights,   defence and weaponry
C                    Em           F#m
No way of knowing my life expectancy
C                    Em               F#m
I learn resistance    like I learn to see
C                  Em           F#m
A living witness,   a lonely refugee


[Chorus]
A F#m               A   E
    I'm a war child
F#m             A   E
 I'm a war baby
F#m                        A      E
 And that's the difference   between you..
    F#m                 A   E
and me. I'm a war child


[Verse 2]
C                 Em        F#m
My occupation is being occupied
C                     Em          F#m
I stop at the corner  to be identified
C                  Em                F#m
Across the border, they pretend victory
    C                         Em            F#m
I'm playing in the rubble and dream of destiny


[Chorus]
A F#m               A   E
    I'm a war child
F#m             A   E
 I'm a war baby
F#m                        A      E
 And that's the difference   between you..
    F#m                 A   E
and me. I'm a war child


[Instrumental]
F#m


[Interlude]
F#m                      A         E
You weren't  discovered     by the Khmer (Rouge)
   F#m                    A        E
We hear of "the troubles"   on the nightly news
F#m            A          E
PLO lovers       courting after curfew
     F#m                 A          E
Your father and brother    have the West Bank blues
F#m                      A         E
You weren't  discovered     by the Khmer (Rouge)
   F#m                    A        E
We hear of "the troubles"   on the nightly news
F#m            A          E
PLO lovers       courting after curfew
     F#m                 A          E
Your father and brother    have the West Bank blues


[Solo]
D      E D F#m
D      E D F#m
D      E D F#m
D      E D C#m   Bm A


[Chorus]
F#m              A   E
 I'm a war child
F#m              A     E
 I'm a war baby. Aaa-a-aaa-aa-
F#m        A     E
aaaa!      Uuu-u-uu-u-u-
F#m        A   E
uuuu!      Aaa-a-aaa-aa-aaaa!


[Outro]
F#m              A   E
 I'm a war child
F#m             A   E
 I'm a war baby
F#m              A   E
 I'm a war child
F#m             A   E