For what it’s worth (1966)   (video)   (live version)    (midi)

 

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1.      There's somethin' happenin' here,

                E                       A

    what it is ain't exactly clear,

                    E                                A

   there's a man with a gun over there

                 E                          A

    a-tellin' me I've got to beware.

 

                                E                       D

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound ?

  A                                  C          - E       - A - E - A

Everybody look what's goin' do....wn.

 

     E                                            A

2.      There's battle lines bein' drawn,

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    nobody's right if everybody's wrong.

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    Young people speakin' their minds,

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    a-gettin' so much resistance from behind.

 

                     E                D

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?

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Everybody look what's goin' do....wn.

 

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3.     What a field day for the heat,

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    a thousand people in the street,

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    singin' songs and a-carryin' signs

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    mostly sayin' hooray for our side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     E                D

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?

 A                                   C          - E       - A - E - A

Everybody look what's goin' do....wn.

 

      E                          A

4. Paranoia strikes deep,

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    into your life it will creep,

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    it starts when you're always afraid.

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    step out of line, the men come and take you away.

 

                     E               D

You better stop, hey, what's that sound?

 A                                   C     

Everybody look what's goin' -    (3x)  ....

 

    (Buffalo Springfield)