The World Today chords by
John Lee Hooker

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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G

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C

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C

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Gm

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C

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Verse 1

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I wonder why

Gm

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this world is sweet Hell

Gm

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I wonder why this world

C

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is in uproar

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Gm

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Gm

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Everyday you read

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about somethin' new

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They're fightin' all

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over the world

Verse 2

People fightin' all over the world

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Race against race,

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they're fightin' everyday

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G

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Gm

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I wonder when,

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disaster comin' to a end

I wonder when,

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C

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G

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Gm

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I wonder when

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This nightmare comin' to a end

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C

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G

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I can't believe

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it's gonna last always

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Interlude 1

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Verse 3

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And every time

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I pick up a paper

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I always read bad news

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And every time I pick up a paper

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I always read bad news

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Gm

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G

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I wonder when this

Interlude 2

nightmare is gonna end

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C

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You find so

Verse 4

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many young people

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They're fightnin' in every town,

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on campus

You find so many young

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people

They're fightnin' in every town,

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on campus

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I don't know, don't know, what they're

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right or wrong

But they're kind of fightin' for their rights,

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yeah, yeah, yeah

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Verse 5

The old people leave the

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young kids alone

Let them run their own lives,

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yeah, yeah

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The old folks leave the young

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kids alone

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And let them run their own life

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It's a brand new world today

Verse 6

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Look at here now,

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you'll find some of them old people

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They're not hip to the mod

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ern days

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They want their kids to live like they live

But no, them days are gone

Verse 7

It's a brand new world

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One way to solve their problem,

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it takes time

The old coots die out and leave it to the young

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kids

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Be a beautiful world and then

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There won't be no fighting

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on campus any more

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'Cause my kids and your kids,

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when they grow up and get drunk

They'll understand,

Verse 8

all old coots are gone in their grave

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But as long as they live there's gonna

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be figitin' in every town

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Hey, hey, in every campus,

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the young kids walkin' out

Hey, hey, hey, hey, the old folks when they're gone,

when they're gone

Verse 9

It'll be a better world to live in

Couple a young kids is the world today

Thank you

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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C ₃

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Chords

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Capo: 3

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