Intro: >D G/D G A >G/D D G A Verse 1: >D G The milky way >A D Upon the heavens >D G A7 Is twinkling just for you >D G F#7 Bm And Mr. Moon he came by > Em G/A A To say goodnight to you >D G I'll sing for you >A D I'll sing for mother >D G A7 We're praying for the world >D G F#7 Bm And for the people everywhere > Em G/A A Gonna show them all we care Chorus: > D G Em A Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild > D G Em A7 But you've build your own paradise > D G That's one reason why > Em A G D/F# Em A I'll cover you sleeping child Verse 2: >D G If all the people >A D Around the world >D G A7 They had a mind like yours >D G F#7 Bm We'd have no fighting and no wars > Em G/A A There would be lasting peace on earth >D G If all the kings >A D And all the leaders >D G A Could see you here this way > D G F#7 Bm They would hold the earth in their arms > Em G/A A They would learn to watch you play Chorus: > D G Em A Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild > D G Em A7 But you've build your own paradise > D G That's one reason why > Em A Bbm#5 I'll cover you sleeping child Bridge: >Bm (Cover my child) >G D/F# I'm gonna cover my > A G D/F# A Sleeping child > G/A (Keep you away) > D/A A Keep you away from the world so wild > Em (Keep you away from the world) > G/A A D G/D G A (Away from the world so wild) Coda: > D G Em A Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild > D G Em A7 But you've build your own paradise > D G That's one reason why > Em A G I'll cover you sleeping child > D/F# Em A (You've build your own, the paradise) > D G Em A Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild > D G Em A7 But you've build your own paradise > D G That's one reason why > Em A G D/F# Em A D I'll cover you sleeping child