Based on Peter, Paul and Mommy too version(children's music concert version in 1993)
Intro: D(5x)
D D/Db D7 G D
Three horses greazing out my window brown black and white they stand
G D A A7
with rolling pastures they can wander free and easy is their land-Al
Chorus:
G A D G A D G
Don't ever take away our freedom don't ever take it away we must cherish
G/F# G D A
and keep that one part of our lives and the rest we're gonna find
A7
one of these days...
D
one of these days
D D/Db D7
I've always thought that I've seen in my own lifetime
G D G
an end into poverty injustice and the wars but now I've learned to that job
D A A7
it's gonna take a long, long time so there's one thing that must endure
(chorus)
D D/Db D7
When I'm old I'm thinking over this whole life that I have lived
G D G
if there is one final wish left to me I will pray for the children
D A A7
yet to be born and I will pray that they'll always live free
(chorus)
G A D
There is a time for the singing and the sunshine
G A D
There is a time for the thunder and the rain
G G/F# G D
There's a time for the changing all the seasons my friends
A A7
but there's one thing that must never ever change
(chorus)
Ending:
G A D
And the rest we're gonna find one of these days
Words and music by: Peter Yarrow(1970)
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