A Childs Tale

Em You've never seen Paris B7 Em and you never drank Champaign Em You've never been to the seaside Am B7 Em for you it's only clouds and rain Em You never went out for dinner B7 Em you never slept in a hotel Em Your mother always told you Am B7 Em son, one day you will marry well Em B7 So it goes C D the old unchanging story Em B7 You can change Am B7 Em but you cannot choose where you come from Em You never took a plane B7 Em you never sat in a new car Em These things are not for people Am B7 Em who seem to come from afar Em You never thought you're special B7 Em you never had self esteem Em And all of your heroes Am B7 Em they're living on your TV screen Em B7 So it goes C D the old unchanging story Em B7 You can change Am B7 Em but you cannot choose where you come from Em Even today, when you're walking B7 Em you still look down on the ground Em As if you were still searching Am B7 Em for something that you never found D Am So many roads you can walk down D G no one knows what you will become B7 Em The only thing applying to everyone Am B7 is that we can not choose where you come from Em B7 So it goes C D the old unchanging story Em B7 You can change Am B7 Em but you cannot choose where you come from Em B7 Oh well so it goes C D the old unchanging story Em B7 You can change Am B7 Em But you cannot choose where you come from Am B7 Oh you cannot choose where you come from Am B7 Em Oh you cannot choose where you come from