If Children Were Wishes Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bm][G]

[Verse 1]
If [G]children were wishes,
My mother spent [D]hers [G]on
impossible [Em]things
My [C]brother was money,
My sis[Em]ter was [G]love,
and I was world peace

[Verse 2]
My [G]brother, he spent it,
My sister got pregnant,
and all that I'm [Em]worth
Will [C]only come true
When there are [G]no more of us left

[Interlude 1]
on this earth
[G][D][G][D][Em][D][C][G]

[Verse 3]
If [G]hearts were machines that kept
Running forever automat[D]ically,
Then [C]you wouldn't be in that
Hospital bed, on that sa[G]line I- V

[Verse 4]
[G]
And if it's your diet,
you stubbornly swear
That it was[D]n't your fault,
You [C]rather be dead in that hospital bed
[G]Than cut back on sugar and

[Interlude 2]
salt
[G][D][Em][C]
[D][G]

[Verse 5]
Oh, [G]aren't you afraid of
Living in a major [D]American city,
So [C]marry a stupid,
Unreachable girl who's [G]impossibly pretty

[Verse 6]
[G]
And I've seen you drive
everyday of your life,
And it's al[D]ways a rush,
And [C]I have to wonder
How I ever let you do
[G]something so dangerous

[Verse 7]
[G]
And so I suppose this is
Just how it goes no mat[D]ter how I try,
I [C]just have to watch you get
Weaker and weaker till you [G]finally die

[Verse 8]
[G]
But I have to remember
The wish of my mother and
[D]all that I'm worth,
Which will [C]only come true
When there are no more of us [G]left on this earth

[Outro 1]
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