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For What It's Worth Chords

Music by: The Staple Singers
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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Something happen in her[C]e
What it [Gm]is a[G]in't exactly c[C]lear
There's [G]a man with a gun over [C]there
Telling [G]me I got to beware

[Verse 2]
[C]It's time to [G]stop, children,
what's that sound?
[Dm]Everybody look what's
going [G]down
[C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Battle lines being [C]drawn
Nobody's [G]right if everybody's [C]wrong
[G]Young people speaking their min[C]ds
Getting [G]so [Gm]much res
[G]istance [C]from behind
It's [A]time to

[Verse 4]
[G]stop, children,
what's that [C]sound?
[Bb]Everybody look what's
going [G]down
[C][G][C]

[Verse 5]
[G]
What a field day for the [C]heat
A [G]thousand people in [C]the street
Singing [G]songs and carrying [C]signs
Mostly [G]say, hooray, for our [C]side

[Verse 6]
It's time [C]to stop, [G]children,
what's that [C]sound?
[Dm]Everybody look what's
going [G]down[C]
[G][C]

[Verse 7]
[Gm]Paranoi[G] a strikes de[C]ep
[Gm]Into your [G]life it will [C]creep
[G]It hurts when you're always [C]afraid
Step out of [G]line,
[Gm]the man come[G]s and take[C]s you away
It's [G]time to stop,

[Verse 8]
children,
what's that sound?
[Dm]Everybody look what's going [G]down

[Verse 9]
Stop, children, what's that sound?
Everybody [Gm]look what's going down
[G]Stop, children,
what's that sound?
[Gm]Everybody look what's [G]going down
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