Our world (1972)    (video)

 

    A - C - D - F  - E - E7     +  Am ~

 

      Am                              C                                D                      - F

1. Suddenly I woke this morning, the light was dawning on me,

    Am                                          C                              D                        - F

    tumbling from my bed and scratching my head, I looked out to see,

                        F                   E

    bright new day, here to stay.

      Am                                C                            D                   - F

    People all around, not making a sound but taking the air,

                           Am                              C                                    D    - F

    trying not to choke, breathing the smoke, they leave everywhere,

                     F                       E     - E7

    blowin’ away, bright new day.

 

                      C                                              F

The world is ours, the place we all share together,

                 G                                           C       - G

and all together, there’s such a lot to share.

                           C                                            F

Let’s keep our world a fair place for people to live in,

                    G                                          C

and we can live in a world for which we care.

 

        A                                      C#m

+  Why does everybody try to ruin everything

                     F#m                               A

    that really matters in this world today ?

                                                 - D                            - A          E

    Don’t they know that this is       our world, this is        our world.

     A                                         C#m

    Everybody’s jokin’ while the kids are busy smokin’,

                 F#m                                     A

    people really must be jokin’ if they think it doesn’t happen

     D                                   - A         E

   here, yes, it happens in       our world.

 

      Am                              C                            D                     - F

2. Suddenly it seems the ocean has lost its motion for me,

      Am                               C                               D                      - F

    troubled water’s gently gliding a black cloud sliding by me,

                   F                 E

    wish I knew, what to do.

      Am                                   C                                D                      - F

    Take a look ahead, don’t bury your head like an ostrich below,

                        Am                      C                                D       - F

    everybody stop, blowing the top off our wonderful world,

             F                  E      - E7

    everyone having fun.

 

                      C                                              F

The world is ours, the place we all share together,

                 G                                           C       - G

and all together, there’s such a lot to share.

                           C                                            F

Let’s keep our world a fair place for people to live in,

                    G                                          C

and we can live in a world for which we care.

 

+  G         +  repeat CHORUS

 

        A                                      C#m

+  Why does everybody try to ruin everything

                     F#m                               A

    that really matters in this world today ?

                                                 - D                            - A          E

    Don’t they know that this is       our world, this is        our world.

     A                                         C#m

    Everybody’s jokin’ while the kids are busy smokin’,

                 F#m                                     A

    people really must be jokin’ if they think it doesn’t happen

     D                                   - A          E

   here, yes, it happens in        our world.

 

     A           C#m - F#m - A                D                    E

+       Na na na.................., it’s our world, it’s our world ! (2x) .....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Blue Mink)