Intro
[Am] [C/B] [C] [G]
Would [Am]Dylan be just a poet? [C/B]
Would [C]Bono ever know
it, without those [G]songs? Mmmm
Would [Am]Marley be just a stoner?
[C/B] Johnn[C]Johnny Cash just be a loner, without thos[G]those songs? Mmmm
Would Buddy [Am]Holly have disappeared?
[C/B] Or woul[C]d Lennon still be
here, without thos[G]e songs? Yea[C]--ah
What happened [C/B]in their [Am]lives?
What happened[Am/B]happened in thei[Em]their hearts?
To make them wanna write [D]the[G]the words
But gonna tear this world a[C]apart
The beauty [C/B]of their [Am]lives
Is when they're [Am/B]dead an[Em]and gone
The world still sings[D]sings [G]along
When anything went [Am]right
When any[C/B]anything went [C]wrong
You put it in a [G]song
Would [Am]Elvis be just a look
[C/B] Or th[C]the Rolling Stones be
stuck, without thos[G]those songs? Mmmm
Would Sin[Am]Sinatra be just a gangster
[C/B] Or woul[C]would Jackson be just a
dancer, without thos[G]those songs? Yea-ah
Would Ma[Am]Madonna be just a face?
[C/B] Or N[C]irvana be just a place
without thos[G]e songs? Yea[C]--ah
What happened [C/B]in their [Am]lives?
What happened[Am/B]happened in thei[Em]their hearts?
To make them wanna write [D]the[G]the words
But gonna tear this world a[C]apart
The beauty [C/B]of their [Am]lives
Is when they're [Am/B]dead an[Em]and gone
The world still sings[D]sings [G]along
When anything went [Am]right
When any[C/B]anything went [C]wrong
They put it in a [G]song
[Em]Ooo[C]Ooooo[G]ooh, [D]oooo
[Em]Ooo[C]Ooooo[G]ooh, [D]oooh
When anything went [Am]right
When anyt[C/B]anything went [C]wrong
They put it in a [G]song
Oh who would make us [Am]see
And where would [C/B]we all [C]be
Without those [G]songs
Without those songs [G]