INTRO: E A

#1.
E                           A
There's something happening here..
        E                 A
what it is, ain't exactly clear.
          E                   A
There's a man with a gun over there..s-
        E             A.u
telling me I got to beware.e-

CHORUS: 
A                    E
I think it's time we stop, hey, 
D
what's that sound?
A                     C          E A  E A
Everybody look what's going down.

#2.
E                          A
There's battle lines being drawn..
         E                    A
nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
E                           A
Young people speaking their minds..
        E                   A
getting so much resistance, from behind.

CHORUS: 
A                    E
I think it's time we stop, hey, 
D
what's that sound?
A                     C          E A  E A
Everybody look what's going down.

#3.
E                        A
What a field-day for the heat..
E                        A
a thousand people in the street..
        E                  A
singing songs and carrying signs.
       E                   A
Mostly say, hooray for our side.

CHORUS: 
A                    E
I think it's time we stop, hey, 
D
what's that sound?
A                     C          E A  E A
Everybody look what's going down.

#4.
E                A
Paranoia strikes deep..
E                      A
into your life it will creep.
   E                          A
It starts when you're always afraid..
    E                                  A
you step out of line, the man come and take you away.

CHORUS:/OUTRO:
A         E          D
We better stop, hey, what's that sound?
A                     C
everybody look what's going down.
E          D
Stop, hey, what's that sound?
A                     C
everybody look what's going down.
E          D
Stop, now, what's that sound?
A                     C
everybody look what's going down.
E               D
Stop, children, what's that sound?
A                     C          E A
everybody look what's going down.(Fade.)