B A E
Lately mother earth has been feeling unsatisfied,
B A E
I'd say it's plain from the rain the sweet lady's started to cry,
B A E
Fires crackle and blaze in the rays of her burning heart,
A
and I don't think it's smart to,
B A E
Lay and wait for the day that she dies in our arms.
[Chorus]
E
We gotta do something,
B
We gotta do something,
A
Before mother earth gets anymore hurt,
E
We gotta do something!
[Verse]
B A E
From what I've read there's a lotta bad stuff in the world today,
B A E
It's been said it's getting rough to find a place where the children play,
B A B
So, Mr Prime Minister and Mr President you better see that it's
A B A
not only me, no, our mob is rising in size,
E
and they've been dying to scream out to you!
[Chorus]
E
You gotta do something,
B
We gotta do something,
A
Sometimes I sit in my room and I don't know what to do,
E
but we've gotta do something!
E
It's time to do something,
B
Someone should do something,
A
We gotta do something,
E
and that someone is you, and you and you and you!
[Bridge]
C#m B E
I pray it ain't all lost and gone,
C#m B E
I pray we might learn right from wrong,
C#m B E B A
and I pray this broken day, will not last too long,
E C#m
I pray that you believe my song ... Darlin'!
[Bridge 2]
E
You know I'm sorry if this is hard for you to take,
But a lot of it just needs saying,
C#m
and I don't see anyone else out there,
B
giving out this message,
E
and if I don't do this, Who's gonna do it?
B
And maybe, if someone hears these words,
A
maybe the whole world gets round and listens,
E
to what I'm sayin', and maybe we have a chance.
Because I don't wanna see another child crying,
B
I don't wanna see another dog dying in the streets,
A E
I can't see another homeless man, because it doesn't seem right to me,
He's got a home, and he's not got a home,
What's the point in that?
B
Why can't we all just get together, in one big home,
A
and if I was in Government,
E
Then I'd Government things much more differentlier,
because it ain't the best way to government things,
B
So there's poor people everywhere,
You know I would just be sittin' alone,
A
Thinkin' "How can I do something?",
E
'Cos I ain't gonna be in chains no-more,
You lot might have been conned, but I ain't been conned,
B A
'Cos I'm a free man, I'm free, and I'm gonna let my soul soar,
E
and the way I do that is through my music,
