I believe   (1994)     (video)

 

    G - C - Em - F

 

    C                           - F - C                                             Am

1.     Now everybody             has a right to be living their lives,

                               Dm                               Em                 Am

    ooh, but we‘re a long, long way, a long way from paradise.

C                                - F - C                                                     Am

    If there is freedom,            tell me why everybody wants to fight,

                                       Dm                                Em                 Am

    ooh, because we‘re a long, long way, a long way from paradise.

                             Dm                                      Am

    You might be strong enough, you might be rich enough,

                           Dm                     F            - G

    you might be blind enough to push it all       aside.

F - G                                 F  - G

        No matter what you do,       

                                                       Em

    it keeps coming back to me and you.

 

G                             Am                             F

    Give a little bit of love and you‘ll get it back,

                            Em                                  G

give a little bit of pain, you‘re caught in a trap.

                         Am                            F

For every little thing that you say or do,

                           Em                                      G

give a little bit of love and I‘ll come back to you.

 

+  G - F - Em   - F - C

 

   C                             - F - C                                                              Am

2.    Got your reasons,          but are you sure they‘re reasons to be right?

                                         Dm                                Em                Am

    Oh, oh, ‘cause we‘re a long, long way, a long way from paradise.

C                                   - F - C                                                 Am

     Don‘t let your anger             or your fear become your suicide,

                            Dm                               Em                 Am

    ‘cause we‘re a long, long way, a long way from paradise.

                           Dm                                       Am

    We must be strong enough, we must be great enough,

                           Dm                             F               - G

    we‘ve waited long enough, now it‘s time to say       goodbye.

F - G                                         F     - G

        We‘ve got some rules to bend,

                                         Em

    so many lessons to be learned.

 

G                             Am                             F

    Give a little bit of love and you‘ll get it back,

                            Em                                  G

give a little bit of pain, you‘re caught in a trap.

                         Am                            F

For every little thing that you say or do,

                           Em                                      G

give a little bit of love and I‘ll come back to you.

 

+  repeat  CHORUS

 

           Em                     B7

+  Now  I,  I believe in peace and harmony,

                              C                     Am                      - D7

    you‘ve got to believe in love before you can be fr…ee.

Em                                   B7 

    So take a hand, everybody make a friend,

                              C                - A        G         - D

    I want you to believe in love      like I belie…..ve.

 

+  G - Am - F - Em (2x)

 

+  CHORUS      +  G - Am - F - Em

 

    G                     Am                           F

+      Every little thing that you say or do,

                               C                                             G

    give a little bit of love and it will come back to you  ….

 

 

    (Marcella Detroit)