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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: G
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G C
G D C
G C
G D C
Chorus:
G C G
In these times, these dangerous times
G D G
The world held down by backwards minds
G C G
With closed eyes, and hearts shut, blind
G D G
It's a sad and beautiful world
G D G
Itโs a sad and beautiful world
Verse 1:
G C G
What's the use in nations and borders?
G D G
Lines and walls that just divide.
G C G
I would love it for you to come over
G D G
but we were born on the wrong side.
Verse 2:
G C G
Water's rising - knee deep and climbing
G D G
Politicians go rowing by
G C G
Photo albums float by me, broken
G D G
Dreams leaking out, all their memories die.
Bridge:
C G C D
Would we feel the ending, if it all started again.
G C G
This time with new faces, our lives trading places
G D G
in this sad and beautiful world.
Chorus:
G C G
In these times, these dangerous times
G D G
The world held down by backwards minds
G C G
Its a baby born on a cold winter's morn
G D G
In the sad and beautiful world
G D G
In the sad and beautiful world
Solo:
G C
G D C
G C
G D C
Verse 3:
G C G
I could sing this same song over
G D G
I could sing it again and again
G C G
I won't be the first and I won't be the last
G D G
But the Clash poured the gas on me when I was a kid
Verse 4:
G C G
Young minds, a new generation
G D G
The revolution is in your hands
G C G
Take the reins back, step on the kings, Jack
G D G
Don't look back, just take a stand.
Bridge:
C G C D
All these sensitive colors, Still we all bleed red
G C G
We're all born, we die, We live life, and cry
G D G
In this sad and beautiful world
Verse 5:
G C G
In these times, these gluttonous times
G D G
A world held down by selfish minds
G C G
Thereโs a baby born on a muggy hot morn
G D G
In the sad and beautiful world
G D G
In the sad and beautiful world
Solo:
G C
G D C
G C
G D C
Bridge:
C G C D
Till every bullet is melted, For every boy & girl
G C G
The sun will come up in a new town each morning.
G D G
In a sad and beautiful world
Chorus:
G C G
In these times, these dangerous times
G D G
A world held down by fearful minds
G C G
Shots ring out, church bells chime
G D G
In the sad and beautiful world
Outro:
G C G
In these times, these dangerous times
G D G
The world held down by backwards minds
G C G
Its a baby born on a cold winter's morn
G D G
In a sad and beautiful world
G D G
In a sad and beautiful world
G D G
In a sad and beautiful world
G D G
In a sad and beautiful world
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Last Updated: March 20, 2026