F                Gm  F               C  
Down among the reeds and rushes
G  C/G G   C    G       
C/G G C 
A baby boy was found
Bb                          F   C 
His eyes as clear as centuries
F                     Gm   F      C 
His silky hair was brown

F                 C 
Never been lonely
Bb                  F 
Never been lied to
C                          Bb  
Never had to scuffle in fear
F                    
Nothing denied to
                 C      
Born at the instant
Bb                      F  
The church bells chime
C                          Bb  
And the whole world whispering
F                        Gm  F  C  F  Gm  
F  C 
Born at the right time

F                               Gm
Me and my buddies we are travelling people
F                                    C      G C/G  G  C  
G  C/G  G  C
We like to go down to restaurant row
Bb
Spend those euro-dollars
                      F        C   F          Gm   F
All the way from Washington to Tokyo
C  F               Gm F       C
I see them in the airport lounge
G  C/G       G    C     G      
C/G  G  C
Upon their mother's breast
Bb                              F     C
They follow me with open eyes
F             Gm   F    C
Their uninvited guest


F                 C 
Never been lonely
Bb                  F 
Never been lied to
C                          Bb  
Never had to scuffle in fear
F                    
Nothing denied to
                 C      
Born at the instant
Bb                      F  
The church bells chime
C                          Bb  
And the whole world whispering
F                        Gm  F  C  F  Gm  
F  C 
Born at the right time

F     C   Bb   F  C   Bb   
F    Bb    F    Gm  F   C    
F   Gm   F   C 
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

F                                         Gm   
Too many people on the bus from the airport
F                        C                 G     C/G   G   
C   G  C/G  G  C 
Too many holes in the crust of the earth
Bb                   
The planet groans
                F  C   F          Gm   F 
Every time it registers another birth
       F                   Gm   F            C 
But down among the reeds and rushes
G  C/G  G  C    G      
C/G  G  C 
A baby girl was found
Bb                     F     C 
Her eyes as clear as centuries
F               Gm  F       C 
Her silky hair was brown


F                 C 
Never been lonely
Bb                  F 
Never been lied to
C                          Bb  
Never had to scuffle in fear
F                    
Nothing denied to
                 C      
Born at the instant
Bb                      F  
The church bells chime
C                          Bb  
And the whole world whispering
F                        Gm  F  C  F  Gm  
F  C 
Born at the right time