IntroBmC#m 3x
BmAVerse 1DCGA
There's a story that I read about in books
DCGA
About the bad times that people had
BmC#mBmA
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
ChorusDCGA
Too many people
Verse 2DCGA
The black plague came along and wiped out quite a few
DCGA
The rats came with the graves, that's how we knew
BmC#mBmA
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
ChorusDCGA
Too many people
BridgeBmG
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
EmA
These things have happened once before
BmG
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
EmA
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait
HARMONICA SOLO
DC \ 4x
GA /
ChorusDCGA
Too many people
DCGA
Too many people
BridgeBmG
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
EmA
These things have happened once before
BmG
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
EmA
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait
Verse 3DCGAA million people died in great wars, that we know
DCGA
They sacrificed their lives, just goes to show
BmC#mBmA
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
ChorusDCGA \
Too many people (There's too many people) / 2x
DCGA
Too many people (Too many people, oh)
Bm
Yeah
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