Intro: Em C Em C Em C Em C verse 1 Em C It was on the stroke of midnight Em C On the final Christmas Eve Em C People all around were saying Em C "What do you believe?" Em C Streets were laid with burnished gold Em C Statues made of chrome Em C Up spoke the wicked messenger Em C "You're welcome to my home" G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright Instrumental: C Am C Em C Em C Em C Em C verse 2 Em C Then tempers started flaring Em C As the heat began to rise Em C Fields of corn and rapeseed Em C Turned to dust before their eyes Em C People started blaming Em C The changing weather map Em C The chrome began to tarnish Em C The gold was sold for scrap G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright Instrumental: C Am C Em C Em C Em C Em C verse 3 Em C Then just before the end of time Em C The sun began to dim Em C People of the world began Em C To sing a common hymn Em C The Muslim kissed the Hindu Em C The Hindu kissed the Jew Em C The Jew kissed all the Buddhists Em C And the Christians joined the queue G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright G Am Everything's going to be alright Em C Everything's going to be alright