Intro-

Am (C/B) C G



      Am                    (C/B) 
Would Dylan be just a poet?
      C                                G
Would Bono ever know it, without those songs?  Mmmm
      Am
Would Marley be just a stoner?
(C/B)   C                                   G
 Johnny Cash just be a loner, without those songs?  Mmmm
            Am
Would Buddy Holly have disappeared?
(C/B)      C                                   G           C
 Or  would Lennon still be here, without those songs? Yea--ah




              C/B      Am
What happened in their lives?
             (Am/B)     Em
What happened in  their hearts?
                         D*  G
To make them wanna write the words
                           C
But gonna tear this world apart
           C/B      Am
The beauty of their lives
                (Am/B)   Em
Is when they're dead and gone
                     D* G
The world still sings  along
                   Am
When anything went right
        C/B        C -once
When anything went wrong
                G
You put it in a song





      Am
Would Elvis be just a look
(C/B)    C                                      G
 Or  the Rolling Stones be stuck, without those songs? Mmmm
         Am
Would Sinatra be just a gangster
(C/B)     C                                       G
 Or would Jackson be just a dancer, without those songs? Yea-ah
        Am
Would Madonna be just a face?
(C/B)  C                                  G           C
 Or Nirvana be just a place without those songs? Yea--ah





              C/B      Am
What happened in their lives?
             (Am/B)     Em
What happened in  their hearts?
                         D*  G
To make them wanna write the words
                           C
But gonna tear this world apart
           C/B      Am
The beauty of their lives
                (Am/B)   Em
Is when they're dead and gone
                     D* G
The world still sings  along
                   Am
When anything went right
        C/B        C 
When anything went wrong
                 G
They put it in a song




Em C G  D
Oooooh, oooo 
Em C G  D
Oooooh, oooh 



                   Am
When anything went right
         C/B       C  
When anything went wrong
                 G
They put it in a song   



                     Am 
Oh who would make us see
                C/B    C -once
And where would we all be
              G
Without those songs
                     G -once
Without those songs