Jimmy Cliff - Childrens bread

^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^E dogs ^AThey took the children's^A7 bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^DMakin' so many^E people lives s^Ao hard

^ANow while those cats get fat,^D in came all the^A rats ^AStole away the cheese and^D doing as they^E please ^AJack Spratt ate all the^A7 fat, his^D wife ate all the^A lean And^D so between the^E both, you see they^A licked the platter clean, so

^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^E dogs ^AThey took the children's^A7 bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^DMakin' so many^E people lives s^Ao hard

Now there's a^A gathering on Main Street,^D shuffling on Wall^A Street ^ATo a new drum beat,^D turning up the^E heat, now ^ANow the weak get^A7 strong,^D singing a new^A song ^DTime has come for^E us to right the^A wrong, and so

^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^E dogs ^AThey took the children's^A7 bread^D and give it to the^A dogs, oh ^DMakin' so many^E people lives so^A hard, we're singin'

^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^AThey took the children's bread^D and give it to the^E dogs ^AThey took the children's^A7 bread^D and give it to the^A dogs ^DMakin' so many^E people lives so^A hard, hey ^DMakin' so many^E people lives so^A hard, hey ^DMakin' so many^E people lives so^A hard