Intro: >D G Em A (2x) >D/F# G Em A Verse 1: >D G The milky way >A D Upon the heavens >D G Asus A Is twinkling just for you >D G F#7 Bm And Mr. Moon he came by > Em Asus A To say goodnight to you >D G I'll sing for you >A D I'll sing for mother >D G Asus A 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 I'll cover you sleeping child Interlude: >D G Em A Verse 2: >D G If all the people >A D Around the world >D G Asus A They had a mind like yours >D G F#7 Bm We'd have no fighting and no wars > Em Asus A There would be lasting peace on earth >D G If all the kings >A D And all the leaders >D G Asus A Could see you here this way > D/F# 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 Bm I'll cover you sleeping child Bridge: >Bm/A (Cover my child) >G D I'm gonna cover my > A G Bm A Sleeping child > G (Keep you away) > D A Keep you away from the world so wild > G (Keep you away from the world) > A D G Em 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 D I'll cover you sleeping child > G 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 D G Em A D I'll cover you sleeping child