People My People chords by The Staple Singers

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Verse 1
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People, my people,
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don't you see what we have done?
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Women wearing their dresses short,
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men letting their hair grow long.
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Ain't nothin' new under the sun
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We're only doin' what you have done,
done, done
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People, my people
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Can't you see the
way we're carryin' on?
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We're all dealin' in politics
Nobody knows where we're goin' next
No, no, we're all confused
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Ain't it a shame
Who in the world are we
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gonna blame?
Blame, blame
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People, my people
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People, listen
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People, my people
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People, listen
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People, my people
People, my people
We need to hang our heads and sigh
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Children in the streets
are running wild
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Till baby's left at home
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to cry cry
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We're all dealing
in politics
Nobody knows
where we're going next
We're all confused
Ain't it a shame
Who in the world
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are we gonna blame
Claim, claim, claim
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People, my people
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People, listen
People, my people
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People, listen
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Hear what I say
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Oh yeah, get it together
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Listen, listen, listen
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Stop and think about it
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We ought to stop and think about it
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Think about it
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We ought to stop and think about it
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Can't afford to wait
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We ought to stop and think about it
It may be too late
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We ought to stop and think about it
Listen, people
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We ought to stop and think about it
Listen, people
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We ought to stop and think about it
It's a crying shame
We ought to stop and think about
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But we don't know who to blame