It Takes A Village Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][Am][Bm][C][G][D][G]
[B]

[Verse 1]
[Em]What does it [B]take for a
[Em]baby girl to grow up [Am]good [G]and strong?
What does it [Em]take for a [B]baby girl?
What [Em]does it [B]take for a baby [Em]boy
to [Am]grow up full [G]of love?
What does it [Em]take for a [B]baby boy?
[G]It takes a v[Am]illage
[Bm]It takes a villa[C]ge to ra[Am]ise
[G]It takes a villag[Am]e to raise a c[Bm]hild[D]
[G]It takes a v[Am]illage
No [Bm]one can d[C]o [Am]it alone
[G]It takes a village to rai[D]se a chi[G]ld[B]
[Em]And in the early years[B] of life
[Em]What does a [Am]newborn need to be
[G]whole [Em]to thrive in [B]every [Em]way?
In these [B]crucial early years,
[Em]when [Am]the brain is growing
[G]And the love for a lifetime takes hol[B]d
[G]It takes a vil[Am]lage
[B]It tak[G]es a vil[C]lage to raise
[G]It takes a vil[Am] lage to raise a c[G]hild[Bm][D]
[G]It takes a [Am]village
No [G]one can [C]do [Am]it alone
[G]It takes a village to rai[D]se a chi[G]ld[B]
[Em]Not just[A] parents' love,
[Em]not just love [A]of the family
[Em]It takes all o[A]f this and m[Em]ore[Am][B]
[Em]Not just teach[A]ers who care,
[Em]not just the care [A]of doctors[Em]
It takes [A]all of this and [Em]more[A][D]
[G]How about the lov[B]e of far[Am]mers?
[G]How about the bus[Em]iness peo[G]ple?
How about the [Am]people who pass
[G]the laws?[Am][D][G]
How about the [C]corner [G]grocer?
How about your [Em]next- door [Am]neighbor?
[G]It takes all of this and[B] more
[G]It takes a [Am]village
[G]It takes a vil[C]lage to raise
It [G]takes a [Am]vil lage to raise a[G] child[D]
[G]It takes a vil[Am]lage
[G]No one can [C]do [Am]it alone[G]
It takes a village to [D]raise [G]a child[D]
[G]It takes a v[Am]illage
[Bm]It takes[G] a village[C] to rais[Am]e
[G]It takes a village to rai[Am]se a child