The World Today Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[C][G]
[C][G][Gm][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I wonder [G]why
this world is sweet [Gm]Hell[G]
I wonder [Gm]why t[G]his world
[C]is in uproar
[Gm]Ever[G]yday[Gm] you[G] read[Gm][G]
about somethin' [Gm]new[G]
[Gm]They're fightin' all
[G]over the world

[Verse 2]
People fightin' all over the world
[G]
Race against race,
they're fight[Gm]in' everyday
[C]I w[G]ond[Gm]er w[G]hen,
[Gm]disaster[G] comin' to a end[Gm][G]
I wonder when,
[C]I wonder [G]when[Gm]
[G]This night[Gm]mare comin' to a [G]end
[Gm]I ca[G]n't [C]be[G]lieve
[Gm]it's gonna last always
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][G]
[Gm]

[Verse 3]
And every [G]time
[Gm]I pick up a pa[G]per
I al[C]ways [Gm]read bad [G]news
And every time I pick up a pa[C]per
[G]I a[C]lways read b[Gm]ad ne[G]ws[Gm][G]
I wonder [C]when [G]thi[Gm]s[G]

[Interlude 2]
nightmare is gonna end
[G][C][G]
You [C]find so

[Verse 4]
many young [G]people
[Gm][G]
They're fightnin' in every [Gm]town,
on cam[G]pus[Gm][G]
You find so many young
[Cm]people[G]
They're fightnin' in every town,
on [Gm]campus[G]
I don't know, [C]don't know, what they're
right [Gm]or wrong[G][Gm]
But they're kind of fightin' for their rights,
[G]yeah, yeah, yea[Gm]h
[G]

[Verse 5]
The old people leave the
young kids [Gm]alone[G]
Let them run their own lives,
[Gm]yeah[G], yeah
The old folks leave the [C]young
kids [Gm]alone[G]
[C]And let them run their [Gm]own life[G]
It's a brand new world [C]today

[Verse 6]
[G]Look at here now,
you'll find some of them old [C]people[G]
They're not [Gm]hip to the mod
[C]ern days[G]
They want their [Gm]kids [G]to live like they live
But no, them days are gone

[Verse 7]
It's a brand new world
[G]
One way to solve their [Gm]problem,
[G]it takes time
The old coots die out and leave it to the young
[C]kids[G]
Be a beautiful [C]world and then
[G]
There won't be no fighting
on [C]campus [G]any more
'Cause my kids and your [Cm]kids,
[G]when they grow up and get drunk
They'll understand,

[Verse 8]
all old coots are gone in their grave
[G]But as long as they live there's gonna
be figitin' in [Gm]every town[G]
Hey, [G]hey, [Gm]in e[G]very[Gm] campus,
[G]the young kids walkin' out[G]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, the old folks when they're gone,
when they're gone

[Verse 9]
It'll be a better world to live in
Couple a young kids is the world today
Thank you