George Harrison

^Cmaj7 0 3 2 0 0 0
Co
X 3 4 2 4 X
^F/C X 3 3 2 1 1
Intro:
(1st slide guitar)
C Co Fm7(b5) G

Chorus :
We've got to s ^G7 ave the wo ^C rld ^Cmaj7
Bb Someone ^D7 else may want to ^F#m7(b5 use it ^G
Bb So far we've s ^A7 een
This plan ^Dm et's rape,
how we've ab ^G#7 used it ^G
We've got to s ^G7 ave the world
Interlude
(C Co Fm7(b5))
^C The Russians have the b ^G iggest share
^C With their long fingers ^G everywhere
^F And now they've bombs in ^A7 outer space
F Fm C |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage)
With laser beams and atomic waste
^C Rain forest chopped for paper t ^G owels
^C One acre gone in e ^G very hour*
^F Our birds and wildlife ^A7 all destroyed
F Fm (C Co F/C G)
To keep some millionaires employed (different interlude)
We've got to ^G7 save the wha ^C le ^Cmaj7
Bb Greenpeace they've t ^D ried to di ^F#m7(b5 ffuse i ^G t
^Bb But dog food sa ^A7 lesmen
Pers ^Dm ist on kindly to harp ^G#7 oon i ^G t
We've got to s ^G7 ave the world
(C Co F/C)
^C The armament cons ^G ortium
^C They're selling us plut ^G onium
^F Now you can make your ^A7 own H-bomb
F Fm C |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage)
Right in the kitchen with your mom
^C The nuclear power that c ^G osts you more
^C Than anything you've kn ^G own before
^F The half-wit's answer ^A7 to a need
F Fm C |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage)
For cancer, death, destruction, greed
(SOLO: repeat the verses above chords)
(Repeat the intro)
We've got to s ^G7 ave the wo ^C rld ^Cmaj7
Bb Someone's ch ^D ildren they may n ^F#m7(b5 eed it ^G
Bb So far we've s ^A7 een
The ^Dm big business of exti ^G#7 nction bleed i ^G t
G7 C Co F
We've got to save the world
^C We're at the mercy ^G of so few
^C With evil hearts det ^G ermined to
^F Reduce this planet ^A7 into hell
F Fm C |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage)
Then find a buyer and make quick sale
^C To end upon a happ ^G y note
^C Like trying to make ^G concrete float
^F Is very simple kn ^A7 owing that
F Fm C Co F
God in your heart lives
^G We've got to s ^G7 ave the worl ^C d ^Cmaj7
Bb Someone el ^D se may want to ^F#m7(b5 use i ^G t
^Bb It's time you k ^A7 new
How cl ^Dm ose we've come
We're gonna l ^G#7 ose i ^G t - We gotta s ^G7 ave, we gotta save
C Co Fm7(b5) C
We gotta save the world.
Comments:
1) The slide guitar interludes vary. I've transcripted one from the
introduction (there are two, making a dobro) just in case of identifying
the main melody.
2) I really dislike this song. It has a quite bizarre chords sequency that
doesn't make a beautiful result. And the lyrics are very poor, not to
mention the "Russians" part, that reveals a very shallow knowledge about the facts
or, at least, a kind of ingenuity from my (our) favorite songwriter/musician.
I'm the biggest George Harrison fan in the world, for sure... but this song, along
with only 2 or 3 other songs from his entire career, is unpassable.
3) Why had I spent my time transcripting it? Well, "a friend came to me, and told
me that he wanted help"... so it was worthwile.