Key: Ab
Introduction: G# E F# G# E F# G# E F#
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The world is burning down
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Can't you smell the smoke in the air?
G# E
War, disease, and famine
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This demon, she is everywhere
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Poets and preachers and politicians
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They've all had their say
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And we got 10,000 years
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Devoted to nothing
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But tomorrow and yesterday
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10,000 years
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If all of the ignorance in the world
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Passes a second ago
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What would you say?
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And who would you obey?
E
I am here to say that
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Mr. President
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I hereby pardon you of all your crimes
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For they are just as much mine
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Selfishness and separation have led me
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To believe that the world is not my problem
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The world is not my problem
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I am the world
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And you are the world
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An I
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Yes I am the world
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And you are the world
F# E
If all of the ignorance in the world
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Passes a second ago
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What would you say?
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And who would you obey?
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I am here to say that
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now
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Peace is now