IntroDF#mAmGVerse 1DF#m
People, we're ordinary people
Am
We're taken for granted
G
No one hears what we say
DF#m
Just people, ordinary people
Am
Stand up and be counted
G
In every way
Pre-Chorus 1BmA
If we have a little faith
EG
Believe, there's a future
DF#m
For us people, we ordinary people
Am
It's time to remember
G
We all need some respect
ChorusDA
Have we forgotten who we are?
Em
And what we're doing here?
EmG
You know a change is gonna come
GD
If we persevere
DA
We need strength in our hearts
Em
We need wisdom and light
Em
So if it's ever gonna work
GAD
Let it be tonight
Verse 2DF#m
We're people, ordinary people
Am
And it's hard to imagine
G
How we've fallen so far
DF#m
Just people, ordinary people
Am
And if we stand together
G
We won't fall at all
Pre-Chorus 2BmA
So it's up to us
EG
Be there for one another
DF#m
That's why people, ordinary people
Am
It's time to remember
G
We all need some respect
ChorusDA
Have we forgotten who we are?
Em
And what we're doing here?
EmG
You know a change is gonna come
GD
If we persevere
DA
We need strength in our hearts
Em
We need wisdom and light
Em
So if it's ever gonna work
GAD
Let it be tonight
BridgeBmA
And when we think we've made some peace in our time
EmGBm
When we know we've taken time for reflection
BmA
When we see the cards are dealt true and kind
Em
We'll know we're not so blind,
Em
We'll know we're not so blind
GA
We're just ordinary, ordinary
OutroDA
People, ordinary people
EmG
People, ordinary people
DA
People, ordinary people
EmG
People, ordinary people
GAD
Let it be tonight
GABm
Let it be tonight
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