D5          D5              D5 
We are not helpless, we are men 
D5        G5        G5           E5       A5 
What lies between us it can be set aside and ended 
D5    D5           D5            D5 
Ev'ryday we learn more how to hate 
         G5        G5            E5        A5  
Shut the door and then we tell ourselves we can't relate 
D5    D5             D5          D5 
Only to the ones who are the same 
          G5        G5              E5              A5 
Yet even they are diff'rent and ever so they shall remain 
        G5                  B5 
All are strangers, all are friends 
        G5 
All are brothers  
 
Open up, my friend, and learn to hear 

For even lying when it has nothing you should fear 

If you cannot let yourself be known 

By anyone then you are hiding and not whole 

All are strangers, all are friends 

All are brothers,  
  
We, your children, we would ask you all 

Please do not hide your eyes and listen when we call 

We will whisper, shout or make a scene 

We are the answer for we can live the peace we dream 

All are strangers, all are friends 

All are brothers, oh yeah, oh yeah 
 

D5              D5  (troughout this verse) 
Yes, America's children 

Are askin' ev'rybody some questions about how it is 

Yes, America's children 

Are makin' it hard to look them in the eyes 

America's children 

Are makin' it hard to live lies, you know, whoa, it is 

And America's children 
               D5  
Yes, and it's right on, children of the earth, and it's right on 
Children of the earth, and it's right on 
Children of the earth and it's right on, right on, yeah 
 
This is what has made our nation free 
For life is change and only blind men cannot see 
The new order is upon us now 
It is the children they have the wisdom to be free 
All are strangers, all are friends 
All are brothers