Wye Oak – If Children Were Wishes Live chords

[Verse 1]
GIf children were wishes
  Em7               D                   D6My mother spent hers on impossible things
C*My brother was money
                  D*My sister was love
GAnd I was world peace


[Verse 2]
GMy brother, he spent it
  Em7              DMy sister got pregnant
                     D6And all that I'm worth
C*Will only come true
                     D*     GWhen there are no more of us left on this earth


[Hook]
GOoh
Em7   D    D6Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   GOoh, ooh, ooh


[Verse 3]
GIf hearts were machines that kept
Em7         D               D6Running forever automatically
C*Then you wouldn't be in that
            D*        GHospital bed, on that saline I-V


[Verse 4]
GAnd if it's your diet
   Em7              D                        D6You stubbornly swear that it wasn't your fault
C*You rather be dead in that hospital bed
D*       GThan cut back on sugar and salt


[Hook]
GOoh
Em7   D    D6Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   GOoh, ooh, ooh


[Verse 5]
GOh, weren't you afraid of
Em7            D              D6Living in a major American city
C*So you marry a stupid
              D*       GUnreachable girl who's impossibly pretty


[Verse 6]
G                          Em7             DAnd I've seen you drive everyday of your life
                     D6And it's always a rush
C*And I have to wonder
                          GHow I ever let you do something so dangerous


[Verse 7]
GAnd so I suppose
                          Em7This is just how it goes no matter how I try
DI just have to watch you
                       D*       GGet weaker and weaker 'till you finally die


[Verse 8]
GBut I have to remember
   Em7                    D                D6The wish of my mother and all that I'm worth
C*Which will only come true
                       D*    GWhen there are no more of us left on this earth


[Hook]
GOoh
Em7   D    D6Ooh, ooh, ooh
C*    D*   GOoh, ooh, ooh