Biography:
Barry McGuire (born 15 October 1935) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his 1965 hit with the song "Eve of Destruction", and later as a pioneering singer and songwriter of Contemporary Christian Music.
As a folk-rock solo singer in the 1960s, McGuire is best known for his hits "Eve of Destruction" and "Sins of the Family", both written by P.F. Sloan, as were his other chart successes, "Child of Our Times" and "Cloudy Summer Afternoon (Raindrops)." The latter two were co-written by Steve Barri.
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Child Of Our Times:Barry McGuire.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on DUNHILL Records
in 1965.
INTRO: A D
#1.
A
Take your first look around and see the world
D
you're coming into.
A D
Ah, have a good cry, I sympathize with you.
G Gbm G
Ah, forever gone is your serenity for the fleeing
Gbm G
fawn there's no sacred tree, they'll try to make
Gbm
hypocrisy of your heredity.
G Gbm G
So, choose your views most carefully, the future's
Em A
hope is on what you turn out to be.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#2.
A
Every minute you're alive you're that much closer to
D
death.
A D
So, try to make the most of each precious breath.
G Gbm
Ah, don't wave banners, you don't believe, parasite.
G Gbm
You'll have to discover your own wrong and right..
G Gbm
just color your perspectives, black and white.
G Gbm
They'll label you weird, but that's all right.
G Em
They'll thank you in the end, after they've seen
A
the light.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#3.
G Gbm
Ah, the heroes of the past were all good guys but the
G Gbm
leaders of the next war no one will memorize.
G Gbm G
Only the orphan child will sound the cries of a mistake
D Gbm
that could never be rectified.
G Em A
I'm telling you now cause you can stop it if you try.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
OUTRO:
G Gb E
Child of our times..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on DUNHILL Records
in 1965.
INTRO: A D
#1.
A
Take your first look around and see the world
D
you're coming into.
A D
Ah, have a good cry, I sympathize with you.
G Gbm G
Ah, forever gone is your serenity for the fleeing
Gbm G
fawn there's no sacred tree, they'll try to make
Gbm
hypocrisy of your heredity.
G Gbm G
So, choose your views most carefully, the future's
Em A
hope is on what you turn out to be.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#2.
A
Every minute you're alive you're that much closer to
D
death.
A D
So, try to make the most of each precious breath.
G Gbm
Ah, don't wave banners, you don't believe, parasite.
G Gbm
You'll have to discover your own wrong and right..
G Gbm
just color your perspectives, black and white.
G Gbm
They'll label you weird, but that's all right.
G Em
They'll thank you in the end, after they've seen
A
the light.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
INTERLUDE: G Gbm Em D
#3.
G Gbm
Ah, the heroes of the past were all good guys but the
G Gbm
leaders of the next war no one will memorize.
G Gbm G
Only the orphan child will sound the cries of a mistake
D Gbm
that could never be rectified.
G Em A
I'm telling you now cause you can stop it if you try.
CHORUS:
D G A
Child of our times, child of our times, product
Bm D
of our society.
Bm G Bm
What will you grow up to respect..tell me what will
G
you grow up to protect?
Bm G A
In your burning, turning mind, you are your own worst
D
enemy.
OUTRO:
G Gb E
Child of our times..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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