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