Intro C Verse 1 C F G C I speak on behalf of the next generation C F G C Our sons and daughters, their children to come C F G C What will we leave them for their recreation C F G C An oil slick, a pylon, an industrial slum Chorus Bb F Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow Eb F A hill and a valley, a view to the sea Bb F These things are not ours to destroy as we want to Eb F C F G C A gift given once for eternity Verse 2 C F G C We plunder, we pillage, we tear and we tunnel C F G C Trees lying toppled, they finger the sky C F G C Building a land for machines and computers C F G C In the name of progress the farms have to die Chorus Bb F Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow Eb F A hill and a valley, a view to the sea Bb F These things are not ours to destroy as we want to Eb F C F G C A gift given once for eternity Verse 3 C F G C Fish in the ocean polluted and poisoned C F G C The sand on our beaches, all stinking and black C F G C We and our tankers and banks and investments C F G C Say, "Never worry, the birds will come back" Chorus Bb F Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow Eb F A hill and a valley, a view to the sea Bb F These things are not ours to destroy as we want to Eb F C F G C A gift given once for eternity Verse 4 C F G C When the last flower has dropped its last petal C F G C When the last concrete is finally laid C F G C The moon will shine cold on a nightmarish landscape C F G C Our gift to our children, this world that we made Chorus Bb F Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow Eb F A hill and a valley, a view to the sea Bb F These things are not ours to destroy as we want to Eb F C F G C A gift given once for eternity C Eternity C Eternity
