STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
(*= one strum)
Intro-
Am C G
Am
Would Dylan be just a poet?
C G
Would Bono ever know it, without those songs? Mmmm
Am
Would Marley be just a stoner?
C G
Johnny Cash just be a loner, without those songs? Mmmm
Am
Would Buddy Holly have disappeared?
C G C
Or would Lennon still be here, without those songs? Yea--ah
Am
What happened in their lives?
Em
What happened in their hearts?
G
To make them wanna write the words
C
But gonna tear this world apart
Am
The beauty of their lives
Em
Is when they're dead and gone
G
The world still sings along
Am
When anything went right
C*
When anything went wrong
G
They put it in a song
Am
Would Elvis be just a look
C G
Or the Rolling Stones mistook, without those songs? Mmmm
Am
Would Sinatra be just a gangster
C G
Or would Jackson be just a dancer, without those songs? Yea-ah
Am
Would Madonna be just a face?
C G C
Or Nirvana be just a place without those songs? Yea-ah
Am
What happened in their lives?
Em
What happened in their hearts?
G
To make them wanna write the words
C
They're gonna tear this world apart
Am
The beauty of their lives
Em
Is when they're dead and gone
G
The world still sings along
Am
When anything went right
C
When anything went wrong
G
They put it in a song, yea-ah
Em C Bm D
Oooooh, oooo
Em C Bm D
Oooooh, oooh
Am
When anything went right
C
When anything went wrong
G
They put it in a song
Am
Oh who would make a scene
C*
And where would we all be
G
Without those songs
G*
Without those songs