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we the people Chords

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

[Verse 1]
We the [F]people, [Dm]hear now
[F]Got to make [Dm]the world go 'round
[F]Got to make the world now
[Dm]We the people,

[Verse 2]
[F]yea[Dm]h
[C]Got to [F]make the world go 'round
Got to make the world [C]now
[F]You may have the black

[Verse 3]
[C]blo[F]od
[C]Or you[F] may have the whi[C]te blo[F]od
But we all are [C]living [F]on blood, so
[C]Don't let[F] nobody sli[C]p into the[F] mud,
'cause [C]uh
[F]We the people,

[Verse 4]
[C]you[F] tell them
Got to make the world go 'round
[C]Got [F]to make the world [C]now
[F]We the people,

[Verse 5]
[C]wel[F]l
[C]Got [F]to make the world go 'round
[C]Got [F]to make the world now

[Verse 6]
[F]Earnin' the knack
[G]Vast [Em]regret
[G]Eve[F]rybody sweatin'
What you [G]give is [Em]what [G]you get
[F]Hot pants in style,
don't [G]let our world go wild
[F]Mama's youngest child is learning[G] fast

[Verse 7]
[F]Got to get up [G]as soon as you get down
[F]Don't get nothing from,
uh, [G]messing [F]around

[Verse 8]
We the [F]people, hey y'all
Got to make the world go 'round
[C]Got to [F]make the world [C]now
[F]We the people

[Verse 9]
[C][F]
[C]Got to [F]make the world go 'round
[C]Got [F]to make the world now
[Eb][F]

[Verse 10]
[G]
[C]Oh, [F]we the people,
[C]re [F]member y'all
[C]Got [F]to make the world go 'round
[C]Got [F]to make the world [C]now
[F]We the people

[Verse 11]
[C][F]
[C]Got [F]to make [C]the world go 'round
Got [F]to make the world now

[Verse 12]
[F]Earnin' the knack
[G]Vast [Em]regret
[G]Eve[F]rybody sweatin'
What you [G]give is what you get
[F]Hot pants in style,
don't [G]let our world go wild
[F]Mam[Dm]a's youngest[F] child
[G]is learn[C]ing fast
[F]We the [C]people,

[Verse 13]
[F]re member y'all
[C]Got to make [F]the world go 'round
[C]Got [F]to make the world now

[Verse 14]
[C]We [F]the people (You and me now,
[C]alrig[F]ht, yea[C]h)
Got to [F]make [C]the world go 'round
Got [F]to make the world now [C](I tell ya)

[Verse 15]
We the people, [C]hear now (tell 'em all,
tell 'em [F]all, tell 'em all, [C]yeah)
Got to make the world go [F]'round
[C]Got to make the [F]world [C]now
[F]We the [C]people,

[Verse 16]
[F]well
[C]Got to make the world go [F]'round
[C]Got to [F]make the world now

[Verse 17]
[C]Let me see the people [F](every single man,
[C]every [F]which way)
Got to make the world go 'round
[C](can't nobody get away)
Got to make the [F]world now (it's a game we got to play,
[C]you see, ah)

[Verse 18]
We the [C]people, we [F]got to do it now
[C]Got to make the world go 'round
Got to make [F]the world now

[Verse 19]
[C]Oh, we the people, [F]yeah
[C]Got to make the world go 'round
Got to make the [F]world [C]now

[Verse 20]
We the people, (we the people,
[F]yeah)
Got to make the world go 'round
Got to make the world now
We the people
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