World Game
Words and Music by John Denver
from It's About Time (1983)
D G A D G A D
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
G Em A7 D
About using less, doing so much more.
G A D G A D
A
Everywhere I'm going I see trouble.
D
Everywhere I'm looking I see all kinds of pain.
A
Maybe we can get back on the double.
D
Maybe we can turn around and make it all change.
A
They say it's you against your neighbor.
D
If it gets right down to it, you against your friend.
A
I swear that this is not the answer.
D
As far as I can see it is the way it all ends.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
G Em A7 D
About using less, doing so much more.
G A D G A D
A
Hey man, you know me I don't worry.
D
Hey man, you know me I am never afraid.
A
Only one thing can make me sorry.
D
Something to say and then it never gets said.
A
What kind of man turns on his brother.
D
What kind of man would turn his back on a friend.
A
Who has the right to say it's over.
D
Who has the right to say how far it can bend.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
G Em A7 D
About using less, doing so much more.
D G D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
A7 D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
G D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
A7 D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
G D
You and me you and me.
A7 D
You and me you and me.
G D
I and I - I and I
A7 D
I and I - I and I
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
A
I want to play in the world game.
D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
G Em A7 D
About using less, doing so much more.
G A D G A D