C                                           G7
Children children children run and jump and play

                                     C
Children you'll be men and women someday

                        E7
And then you'll have to leave

     F                         C
Your world of make believe now children

G7             C
Young carefree children


                               G7
Children need someone who understands
     
                                    C
Children need someone to hold their hands

                           E7
To cheer them when they're sad

   F                               C
To spank them when they're bad now children

G7           C
Pretty dirty children


Am         G7
Pride goes before destruction

  F              C             G7
A haughty spirit goes before a fall

Am             G7
Don't you know that we're all children

F                C               G7
And it's all for one and one for all
 

C                        G7
Children call each other names
 
                             C
Children playing the grownup games

                             E7
And the things that's really sad

   F                                          C
Is that we lose the faith we had when we were children

G7         C
Loud proud children


                                 G7
Children who think that they are grown
  
                                C
Children with children of their own

                       E7
From the cradle to the grave

  F                                    C
I wish we could all behave like little children 

G7           C        G7             C
God's little children sweet precious children

G7           C        G7           C
Pretty dirty children little bitty children