Key: A minor
Verse 1
when the ape became a man.
Round about the time
when no one thought of owning land.
Livin' wasn't easy,
but at least a man was free.
Free to live his life
the way he thought his life should be.
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to change things anymore.
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The people don't have the power
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to change things anymore.
Now some men got together,
came a meeting,
came a plan
to try to find a leader
who could help his fellow man.
And out of that first meeting
came the first of all the fools.
The men produced the power
and the fool produced the rules.
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Now the people don't have the power
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The people don't have the power
Now the fool in need of money
and with the taxes that he raised
He got himself more power
in so many subtle ways
The taxes raised an army
and the army did its thing
To keep the people quiet
when the fool became the king
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Now, the people don't have the power
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Oh, the people don't have the power
Now, the king, killed so much,
the people cut off his true head
And voted in a parliament
of people power, they said
The king, they happy -headed,
but they left it way too late
Religion and the big businessmen
now rule the people's faith
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And the people don't have the power
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No, the people don't have the power
Well, it's a free country
As long as I don't step out of line
It's a long and agitator
I'm just a singer in a band
Why don't you be a politician?
I haven't got a million bucks to spend
But you can vote in an election
Aw, you gotta be kidding
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The people don't have the power
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The people don't have the power
Now from people comes the power
and from power comes the wealth
The wealth produces rich men
and the rich are in good health
and the trenches full of blood
and the people give the blood
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And the people don't have the power
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The people don't have the power
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The people don't have the power
Hear what I say
Don't have the power
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to change things anymore
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to change things anymore.
Don't have the power
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to change things anymore
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Ah, the people don't have the power
to change things anymore
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The people don't have the power
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to change things anymore
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You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm C Bm D
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