Poem For The People chords by Chicago

Chords with lyrics

piano:

Cmadd9Cmadd9 C minorCm ................
Bbmadd9Bbmadd9 BbmBbm ..............
Cmadd9Cmadd9 C minorCm ................
Bbmadd9Bbmadd9 BbmBbm ..............

 brass ensemble:

 ^   ^   ^  ^^  ^  ^  ^ ^  ^   ^  ^  ^   ^ ^
DbmDbm  Absus4Absus4  AbAb    B minorBm   GbGb  D MajorD   C majorC  G+G  Dbsus4Dbsus4 AbAb

band in:

|Fmaj7Fmaj7  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  |BMaj7Bmaj7    |EMaj7Emaj7  GbGb   |E MajorE   G+G   |

|C minorCm   Bb majorBb    |AbAb  Bb majorBb  |C majorC      |Dbmaj7Dbmaj7   |EMaj7Emaj7   |G+G    |

Verse 1:

A minorAm    AbAb+5    Am7/GAm7/G  Gbm7-5
  If the people only knew
       Fmaj7Fmaj7
If they could visualize
   D9D9
Just open their eyes

A minorAm   AbAb+5      Am7/GAm7/G  Gbm7-5
  Even stop to think a bout
       Fmaj7Fmaj7
If they could open their minds
   D9D9
They could get beyond

Chorus:
DmDm        DbDb+5       Dm7/C   Bm7-5
  The world's a funny place, you know -ow
Bb majorBb        F/AF/A
Most of what goes on
Gm7Gm7      FF
  Is rarely funny
Gm7Gm7
  Rarely funny
  C majorC  Bb/CBb/C C6C6  Bb/CBb/C
At ahh ahh  ahh all


|Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |

|F#m9F#m9  Gm9Gm9|F#m9F#m9  Gm9Gm9|F#m9F#m9  Gm9Gm9|F#m9F#m9   |

|Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |Am9Am9    |

|Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  |Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  |Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  |Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  |

|F#m9F#m9  Gm9Gm9|F#m9F#m9  Gm9Gm9|F#m9F#m9   |F#m9F#m9   |

Verse 2:

A minorAm      AbAb+5     Am7/GAm7/G  Gbm7-5
  Could the people under stand
       Fmaj7Fmaj7
In all their whispered screams
  D9D9
And colorless dreams
A minorAm      AbAb+5      Am7/GAm7/G  Gbm7-5
  Could they finally compre hend
       Fmaj7Fmaj7
If they could suddenly see
  D9D9
And suddenly feel

 ^  ^ ^ ^    ^   ^ ^ ^ ^   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7

 ^   ^ ^ ^    ^   ^ ^ ^ ^   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7

 ^   ^ ^ ^    ^   ^ ^ ^ ^   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7

 ^   ^ ^ ^    ^   ^ ^ ^ ^   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 F6F6  Dmaj7Dmaj7

|FF     |  F/Eb Dm7Dm7 F/CF/C |


DmDm        DbDb+5       Dm7/C   Bm7-5
  The world's a funny place, you know -ow
Bb majorBb        F/AF/A
Most of what goes on
Gm7Gm7      FF
  Is rarely funny
Gm7Gm7
  Rarely funny
  C majorC  Bb/CBb/C C6C6  Bb/CBb/C
At ahh ahh  ahh all
C majorC   Bb/CBb/C C6C6  Bb/CBb/C
ahh  ahh  ahh  all
C majorC   Bb/CBb/C C6C6  Bb/CBb/C
ooo  ooo  ooo  ooo
C majorC   Bb/CBb/C C6C6  Bb/CBb/C
ooo  ooo  ooo  ooo

|FF    |G7G7    |Bb majorBb    |FF    |