Wrote a song for everyone (1969) (video)
G - D -
C + G - C - D (2x)
G D C G
1. Met myself a coming, county welfare
line,
G C G D
I was feeling
strung out, hung out on the line.
G D Em C
Saw myself a
going, down to war in June,
G D C G
what I want, all I want, is to write myself a
tune.
C G -
C G
Wrote a song for
everyone, wrote a song for truth,
C G Em C G
wrote a song for everyone, when I couldn't even
talk to you.
+ G - C - D (2x)
G D C G
2. Got myself arrested, wound me up in
jail,
G C G D
G D Em C
If you see the
answer, now's the time to say,
G D C G
what I want, all I want is to get you down and
pray.
C G -
C G
Wrote a song for
everyone, wrote a song for truth,
C G Em C G
wrote a song for everyone, when I couldn't even
talk to you.
+ instrumental
= verse 2
+ CHORUS + D
G D C G
3. Saw the people standing, thousand years in
chains,
G C G D
somebody said it's different now, look, it's
just the same.
G D Em C
Pharaohs spin the
message, round and round the truth,
G D C G
they could have saved a million people, how can
I tell you ?
C G -
C G
Wrote a song for
everyone, wrote a song for truth,
C G Em C G
wrote a song for everyone, when I couldn't even
talk to you.
+ repeat CHORUS (2x)
+ G - C - D (3x) - G
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)