A                       A9  A 
I was walkin? down the street  
       A                       A9  A 
In the town where I was born  
      A                A9  A 
I was movin? to a beat  
         A                 A9  A 
That I?d never felt before  
     A                 A9  A 
So I opened up my eyes  
      A                  A9  A 
And I took a look around  
          A                      A9  A 
I saw it written ?cross the sky  
    A                     A9  A 
The revolution starts now  
E              D            A    
Yeah, the revolution starts now  
 
The revolution starts now  

When you rise above your fear  

And tear the walls around you down  

The revolution starts here  

Where you work and where you play  

Where you lay your money down  

What you do and what you say  

The revolution starts now  

Yeah the revolution starts now  
 
Bridge: 
E            D             A 
Yeah the revolution starts now  
A 
In your own backyard  
A       E       A 
In your own hometown  
E                 D         A  
So what you doin? standin? around 
     A 
Just follow your heart  
        E             A    
The revolution starts now  
 
 
Last night I had a dream  
That the world had turned around  
And all our hopes had come to be  
And the people gathered ?round  
They all brought what they could bring  
And nobody went without  
And I learned a song to sing  
The revolution starts now