E|----------------------|
(verse 1)

E
When the things that you
            E/D#
Can't hold on to,
     C#m
Are the ones that you wish
           A
You could keep,
E
Are you really ready to
         E/D#
Pay for love,
C#m                 B
If it costs you everything,

(chorus)

C#m            A
All of God's children,
C#m            A
All of God's children,
(C#m)        E      B
Shining underneath,
            C#m          A
Shining underneath,

(verse 2)

E
I believe in a world
         D/F#
That's beyond me,
C#m
I believe in a world
             A
That I ain't seen,
E
Past the glass and shotgun shacks,
E/D#
Violent, faceless, racist facts,
  C#m
I believe in a world
        A
That's made clean,

(chorus)...

C#m            A
All of God's children,
C#m            A
All of God's children,
(C#m)        E      B
Shining underneath,
            C#m          A
Shining underneath,


(Bridge)

E                E/D#
Underneath these wars
C#m               A
Underneath these walls
E                   E/D#
Underneath the bullet holes
C#m                     A
I still don't know who we are
                    E         B
But it's shining underneath

Oh, I've been waiting for love to give birth
                A           E
New life to show pain it's worth
                               C#m
I've been waiting for peace on earth
                A
Like a newborn child
C#m                 A
Oh, like a newborn child
             E            B            C#m              A
Shining underneath


(verse 3)

E                              E/D#
Is there a well that wont run empty
     C#m                      A
Is there a friend who cant be bought
E                           E/D#
You'll find them when your thirsty
C#m                             A
Learn the lesson that can't be taught,

(chorus)...

C#m            A
All of God's children,
C#m            A
All of God's children,
(C#m)        E      B
Shining underneath,
            C#m          A        E
Shining underneath,