i want to live j denver
D
there are children raised in sorrow
Bm D
on a scorched and barren plain
G Em D A7
there are children raised beneath a golden sun
D
there are children of the water
Bm D
children of the sand
G Em C A
and they cry out through the universe their voices raised as one

A D Dmaj7
i want to live i want to grow
G Gadd9
i want to see i want to know
A G
i want to share what i can give
A D
i want to be i want to live

D
have you gazed out on the ocean
Bm D
seen the breaching of a whale?
G Em D A7
have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
D
have you heard the song the humpback hears
Bm D
five hundred miles away
G Em C A
telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? ( chorus )

Em Bm
( bridge ) for the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
C Em D
for the native and the wanderer in kind
Em Bm
for the maker and the user and the mother and her son
C Em C A7
i Am looking for my family and all of you are mine

D
we are standing all together
Bm D
face to face and arm in arm
G Em D A7
we are standing on the threshold of a dream
D
no more hunger no more killing
Bm D
no more wasting life away
G Em C A
it is simply an idea and i know its time has come ( chorus repeat last line 2x )