(verse 1) 
        F#m    E              A 
Sunday mornin,    where the preacher sits, 
D 
Thou shall not kill, 
    F#m    E       A 
I wonder,     if nothin else, 
      D 
about killin and that it's God's will, 
 
(pre-cho) 
F#m                         E              
  Cause our children are watching us, 
                D 
They put their trust in us, 
 
They're gonna be like us, 
F#m                          E 
   So let's learn from our history, 
           D 
And do it differently, 

    A 
(I hope) for more love for joy and laughter, 
(D) A 
(I hope) We'll have more than we'll ever need 
(G) D 
(I hope) we'll have more Happy ever afters, 
(G) A 
(I hope) we can all live more fearlessly, 
             E                     A 
And we can lose all the pain and misery,
 
 
(I hope) I hope  
 
 
(verse 2) 
  F#m     E          A            
Oh Rosie,   her man gets too rough, 
D 
 All she can say, 
          F#m      E            A 
Is he's a good man,   he don't mean no harm, 
      D 
He was brought up that way, 
 
(pre-cho) 
F#m                         E              
  Cause our children are watching us, 
                D 
They put their trust in us, 
 
They're gonna be like us, 
F#m                    E 
   It's ok for us to disagree, 
        D 
we can work it out lovingly, 

    A 
(I hope) more love more joy and laughter, 
(D) A 
(I hope) you'll have more than You'll ever need 
(G) D 
(I hope) They'll be more Happy ever afters, 
(G) A 
(I hope) we can all live more fearlessly, 
            E                     A 
And we can lose all the pain and misery,
 
 
(I hope) I hope 
 
 
(bridge) 
A                 Db       D     
  There must be a way to change what's goin on, 
A               F#m         D 
 No I don't have all the answers, But 
 
    A 
(I hope) for more love for joy and laughter, 
(D) A 
(I hope) you'll have more than You'll ever need 
(G) D 
(I hope) You'll have more Happy ever afters, 
(G) A 
(I hope) and you can all live more fearlessly, 
            E            (D)        A 
And you can lose all the pain and misery,
 
 
(I hope) (I hope)