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