be.
I Ev be ’ry bod y’s search ing for a he ro; peo ple need some one them to look up the to.
I Show nev them er found an y one ty who ful filled my (D6)needs.
A lone ly (C#m7)place
to (F#m7)be, and so I (Bm7)eas i er;
let the (E7)chil dren’s (C#m7)laugh
(F#m7)ter
re (Bm7)mind us how we (D)used
to be.
I Ev be ’ry lieve the chil dren are our fu ture; teach them well and let them to look lead the way.
I Show nev them er all the beau one ty they pos sess in (D6)side.
Give them a (C#m7)sense
of (F#m7)pride, to make it (Bm7)eas i er;
let the (E7)chil dren’s (C#m7)laugh
(F#m7)ter
re (Bm7)mind us how we (D)used
to (Bm7)learned to de pend
on (D9)me.
I de cid ed long a go (Bm7)nev er to walk in an y one’s shad ow.
(D9)If I fail, if (A)I suc ceed, at (Bm7)least I lived as (Bm7)I be lieve.
No (D9)mat ter what they (A)take from me, they (Bm7)can’t take a way my (Bm7)dig ni ty.
Be cause the (C#m7)great
(F#m7)est
(Bm7)love of all is (E7)hap pen (E7)ing to (C#m7)me.
I (E7)found the (C#m7)great
(F#m7)est
(Bm7)love of all in (D)side
of (A7)me.
The great est (F#m7)love
of (Bm7)all
is (A7)eas y (A7)to a (F#m7)chieve.
(A7)Learn ing to (F#m7)love
your (Bm7)self, it is the (Em7)great est (G)love
of (D)all.
(D9)be.
I de cid ed long a go (Bm7)nev er to walk in an y one’s shad ow.
(D9)If I fail, if (A)I suc ceed, at (Bm7)least I lived as (Bm7)I be lieve.
No (D9)mat ter what they (A)take from me, they (Bm7)can’t take a way my (Bm7)dig ni ty.
Be cause the (C#m7)great
(F#m7)est
(Bm7)love of all is (E7)hap pen (E7)ing to (C#m7)me.
I (E7)found the (C#m7)great
(F#m7)est
(Bm7)love of all in (D)side
of (A7)me.
The great est (F#m7)love
of (Bm7)all
is (A7)eas y (A7)to a (F#m7)chieve.
(A7)Learn ing to (F#m7)love
your (Bm7)self, it is the (Em7)great est (G)love
of (D)all.
And (E7)if by (E7)chance that (C#m7)spe
cial (F#m7)place
that (E7)you’ve been (E7)dream ing (C#m7)of
(E7)leads you (E7)to a (C#m7)lone
ly (F#m7)place,
(Bm7)find your (D)strength in (D9)love.
This page shows “The Greatest Love Of All” by Michael Masser in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 72 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.