People Want Peace chords by Paul McCartney

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC
Ladies and gentlemen
A minorAm            E minorEm             G+G
Standing before you with something important to say
C majorC            E minorEm
With some trepidation I crave your attention but
A minorAm        G+G         C majorC
I'm not gonna let anything get in my way
C majorC           E minorEm
The message is simple, it's straight from my heart
A minorAm           G+G
And I know that you've heard it before
C majorC               E minorEm
But what does it matter, we're in it together
  A minorAm           G+G
And I'm not quitting while people are crying for more

Chorus:
C majorC      G/C
People want peace
C majorC      FF
People want peace
C majorC     G/C        FF
A augmentedA simple release from their suffering
FF      C majorC
People want peace
FF C majorC G+G
C majorC
People want peace
FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 2:
C minorCm          F/CF/C
Nothing in life is as sad as the lonely, so
C minorCm      F/CF/C
Searching for peace
C minorCm      F/CF/C
Only to find disappointment is waiting
Dm/G            G+G
Behind every door that we open
Dm/G      G+G
Every catch, we release
C majorC             A minorAm
A-brothers and sisters, I beg you to listen
 E minorEm           G+G
I know that it isn't too late
  C majorC           A minorAm
For we as the people, the voices of freedom
  E minorEm         G7G7            C majorC
And we're all perfectly clear that we don't wanna wait

Chorus:
C majorC      G/C
People want peace
A minorAm     FF
People want peace
C majorC    G/C        FF
A augmentedA simple release from their suffering
FF      C majorC
People want peace
FF C majorC G+G
C majorC
People want peace
FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Outro:
C majorC
People want peace
N.C.
People want peace
N.C.
Yes, we want peace!
N.C.
People want peace
N.C.
People want peace

FF C majorC G+G A minorAm