Teach the Gifted Children Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Teach the [D]gifted
[G]children
Teach them to have [D]mercy[G]
Teach them about [D]sunsets[G]
Teach them about [D]moonrise[G]
Teach them about [D]anger[G]
The sin that comes with [D]dawn[G]ing
Teach them about [D]flowers[G]
And the beauty of forget[D]fulness[G]

[Verse 2]
Then take me to the [D]river
(take me to [G]the river)
And put me in [D]the water
(and put me in [G]the water)
Bless them and for[D]give them
(take me to [G]the river)
Father cause they [D]just don't know
(take me to [G]the river)

[Verse 3]
All the gifted [D]children[G][D][G]
Teach the gifted [D]children[G]
The way of men and an[D]imals[G]
Teach them [D]about [G]cities
[D]The history [G]of the mysteries
Their vice and their [D]virtues[G]
About [D]branches that blow in the [G]wind
On the wages [D]of their [G]sins
Teach them [D]of [G]forgiveness
Teach them about [D]mercy[G]
Teach them about [D]music[G]
And the cool and cleansing [D]waters[G]

[Verse 4]
What do they say, take [D]me to
the river (take me to [G]the river)
Take [D]me to the [G]river
(take me to the river)
Put me [D]in the water
(take me to [G]the river)
And teach the gifted [D]children
(take me to [G]the river)
All the gifted chil[D]dren (take me
to [G]the [D]river)
(Take me [G]to the river)
[D](Take me to the river)

[Outro 1]
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