Originally in Em tuned to Ebm, I play in Am
Muted 16ths during all of the verse lines
| D | Dm |
Vox in on the 1 on “must”
| G | Am | C |
| → | I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams |
| D | F |
| Been haunted by a million screams |
| G | G |
| But I can hear the marching feet |
| Am | G |
| They’re moving into the street |
| Am | C |
| Now did you read the news today |
| D | F |
| They say the danger’s gone away |
| G | G |
| But I can see the fires still alight |
| Am |
| They’re burning into the night |
| G | Am | |
| There’s | too many | men |
| C | D |
| Too many | people |
| G | Am | C | |
| Making | too many | problems |
| G | Gsus4 | Am | |
| And | not much | love to go | round |
| C | D | G | Am | C | G |
| Can’t you | see this is a | land of con | fusion | → |
Into a double-time reggae beat
| Am | F | G | Em |
| And | this is the | world we | live in |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Aaaa | h) And | these are the | hands we’re | given |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Oooo | h) | Use them and | let’s start | trying |
| Am | F | G | Em | D | Dm | |
| (Aaaaa | h) To | make it a | place worth | living | in |
| G | Am | C |
| → | Ooh Superman where are you now |
| D | F |
| When everything’s gone wrong somehow |
| G | G |
| The men of steel, the men of power |
| Am |
| Are losing control by the hour |
Watch out, the prechorus comes early in this verse
| G | Am |
| This is the | time |
| C | D |
| This is the | place |
| G | Am | C | |
| So we | look for the | future |
| G | Gsus4 | Am | |
| But there’s | not much | love to go | round |
| C | D | G | Am | C | G |
| Tell me | why this is a | land of con | fusion | → |
| Am | F | G | Em |
| This is the | world we | live in |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Aaaa | h) And | these are the | hands we’re | given |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Oooo | h) | Use them and | let’s start | trying |
| Am | F | G | Em | D | Dm | |
| (Aaaaa | h) To | make it a | place worth | living | in |
Instrumental chords in the original are the same
as the vocal part that follows, I’m trimming here
| F#m | F#m | B | B |
Vox on the 1 of the chord on “remember”
| F#m | F#m | B | B |
| I re | member |
| F#m | |
| Long | ago |
Vox on the 2 of the chord on “sun”
| B/F# | |
| Ooh when the | sun was shining |
Vox on the same note as “sun”, now it’s the M7 of the chord
| D/F# | |
| Yes and the | stars were bright |
All through the night
Same note on “sound”, now it’s the 3 of the chord
| A | A/G# | F#m | |
| And the | sound of your | laughter |
| B | D | |
| As I | held you | tight |
| F | |
| So long ag | o |
| F |
| x 16 beats |
Now two beats each
| F | G | F | G | F | G | F | G |
| Am | G | ||||||
| → |
| Am | C |
| I won’t be coming home tonight |
| D | F |
| My generation will put it right |
| G | G |
| We’re not just making promises |
| Am |
| That we know we’ll never keep |
| G | Am |
| Too many | men |
| C | D |
| There’s too many | people |
| G | Am | C | |
| Making | too many | problems |
| G | Gsus4 | Am |
| And not much | love to go | round |
| C | D |
| Can’t you | see |
| G | Am | C | G | |
| This is a | land of con | fusion | → |
| Am | F | G | Em |
| Now | this is the | world we | live in |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Aaaa | h) And | these are the | hands we’re | given |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Oooo | h) | Use them and | let’s start | trying |
| Am | F | G | Em | Am | |
| (Aaaaa | h) To | make it a | place worth | fighting | for |
| F | G | Em |
| This is the | world we | live in |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Aaaa | h) And | these are the | names we’re | given |
| Am | F | G | Em | |
| (Oooo | h) | Stand up and | let’s start | showing |
| Am | F | G | Em | D | |
| (Aaaa | h) | Just where our | lives are | going | to |
| D | Dm | G | Am |
| → |