Key: Eb major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
There is no time to sit
A
B
around and wait
E
Don't you know the world,
B
E
A
B
it is of love and of hate
A
B
Now is the time,
E
we've got to be strong
A
B
We can't go wrong
Because the time has come,
E
A
the time has come
B
E
To be free can't you see
A
B
E
A
B
E
B
E
B
E
Don't you know the cheating, the killing,
B
E
B
A
B
backbiting it cannot help
E
'Cause' can't you see them problems,
B
E
it's everyday
B
E
They've got to solve them
A
selves
B
'Cause' now is the time,
E
we gotta be strong
A
We can't go wrong
B
Because the time has come,
E
A
the time has come
B
E
To be free can't you see
A
B
E
A
B
C#m
E
C#m
E
C#m
B
A
There is no time
B
E
B
E
A
B
to sit around and wait
E
Don't you know the world,
A
B
it is of love and of hate
'Cause now is the time,
E
we've got to be strong
A
We can't go wrong
B
Because the time has come,
E
A
the time has come
B
To be free can't you see
Outro 1
B
E
A
B
E
A
B
E
A
B
E
A
B
C#m
C#m
C#m
A
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
C#m
A
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
C#m
C#m
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
C#m
C#m
B
C#m
B
E
C#m
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