Intro
[E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm9] x2
[E7sus]
Verse 1
[A] [Aaug]
I believe the children are our future
[A6] [A9] [A7]
Teach them well and let them lead the way
[D] [Daug] [D6] [Daug]
Show them all the beauty they posses inside
[D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
[E] [E7/D] [C#m] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus]
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
[A] [Aaug]
Everybody seaching for a hero
[A6] [A9] [A7]
People need someone to look up to
[D] [Daug] [D6] [Daug]
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
[D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus] [D]
A lonely place to be, so I learned to depend on me
Pre-Chorus
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus] [E7]
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus] [E]
If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus]
No matter what they take from me they can't take away my dignity
Chorus
([E] [E7/D]) [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7]
Because the grea----test love of all is happening to me
[Bm7] [E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus] [A] [A7]
I found the grea----test love of all inside of me
[A7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7]
The greatest love of all
[A] [A7/G] [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A] [A7/G] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Is easy to achieve learning to love yourself,
[Em7] [A7sus] [D]
it is the greatest love of all
Verse 2
[A] [Aaug]
I believe the children are our future
[A6] [A9] [A7]
Teach them well and let them lead the way
[D] [Daug] [D6] [Daug]
Show them all the beauty they posses inside
[D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
[E] [E7/D] [C#m] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus]
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to
[D]
...be
Pre-Chorus
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus] [E7]
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus] [E]
If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed
[D] [A9/C#] [Bm7] [E7sus]
No matter what they take from me they can't take away my dignity
Chorus
[E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Because the grea----test love of all is happening to me
[E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus] [A] [A7]
I found the grea----test love of all inside of me
[A7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7]
The greatest love of all
[A] [A7/G] [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A] [A7/G] [F#m7] [Bm7]
Is easy to achieve learning to love yourself,
[Em7] [A7sus]
it is the greatest love of
[D]
...all
Coda
[E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
And if by chance that special place that you've been dreaming of
[E] [E7/D] [C#m7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [E7sus] [D] [A/C#] [D/B] [E7] [A]
Leads you to a lonely place find your strength in love.......
