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I suggest you play it without Capo though. It sounds good and full.
Verse 1:
A Bm
I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Bm E
Been haunted by a million screams
E Em
But I can hear the marching feet
A Bm
Moving into the street
A Bm
Now, did you read the news today?
Bm E
They say the danger has gone away
E Em
But I can see the fire's still alight
A Bm
Burning into the night.
A Bm D E
There's too many men, too many people
A Bm D
Making too many problems
E A Bm D
And there's not much love to go around
E A Bm D E
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?
Chorus:
Bm G A F#m
This is the world we live in
Bm G A F#m
And these are the hands we're given
Bm G A F#m
Use them and let's start trying
Bm G A F#m E Em
To make it a place worth living in
Verse 2:
A Bm
Oh, superman, where are you now?
Bm E
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
E Em
The men of steel, these men of power
A Bm
Are losing control by the hour.
A Bm D E
And this is the time, this is the place
A Bm D
So we look for the future
E A Bm D
But there's not much love to go around
E A Bm D E
Tell me why this is the land of confusion
Chorus:
Bm G A F#m
This is the world we live in
Bm G A F#m
And these are the hands we're given
Bm G A F#m
Use them and let's start trying
Bm G A F#m E Em
To make it a place worth living in
Verse 3:
F#m
I remember long ago
B
When the sun was shining,
D D
And all the stars were bright, all through the night,
A E D
In the wake up this madness, as I held you tight.
F G F G Solo? F G F G Em E
So long ago.
A Bm
I won't be coming home tonight
Bm E
My generation will put it right
E Em
We're not just making promises
A Bm
That we know we'll never keep
A Bm D E
There's too many men, too many people
A Bm D
Making too many problems
E A Bm D
And there's not much love to go around
E A Bm D E
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?
Chorus:
Bm G A F#m
Now, this is the world we live in
Bm G A F#m
And these are the hands we're given
Bm G A F#m
Use them and let's start trying
Bm G A F#m
To make it a place worth fighting for
Bm G A F#m
This is the world we live in
Bm G A F#m
And these are the names we're given
Bm G A F#m
Stand up and let's start showing
Bm G A F#m E Em
Just where our lives are going to
? A ? A ? A ? A ? A ? Bm ? X ? Bm
(Song closes as it starts but in the end I'm showing you the strum as well, where down arrows are downstrums,
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025