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This distinctive figure comes at the end of the verse.
Listen to the recording for the syncopation.
N.C.
All the world over, so easy to see
N.C.
People everywhere just wanna be free
N.C.
Listen, people listen, that's the way it should be
N.C. Bm Bm A G Bm Bm A G
Peace in the valley, people got to be free
[verse 1]
DABmF#m
You should see what a lovely, lovely world this could be
GDEmA
Everyone learns to live together
DF#7BmF#mF#m7b5
Well it seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be
GDEmA
Why can't you and me learn to love one another
GD/F#A/ED
All the world over, so easy to see
GD/F#A/ED
People everywhere just wanna be free
GD/F#A/ED
I can't understand, it s so simple to me
GD/F#A/EBmBmAGBmBmAG
People everywhere just gotta be free
[verse 2]
DABmF#m
If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand
GDEmA
All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through
DF#7BmF#mF#m7b5
Seems to me we got to solve it individually
GDEmA
And I'll do unto you what you do to unto me
GD/F#A/ED
There'll be shouting from the mountains on out to sea
GD/F#A/ED
No two ways about it, people have to be free
GD/F#A/ED
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
GD/F#A/EBmBmAGBmBmAG
It's a natural situation for a man to be free
[interlude]
DF6BbAsus4AGDAD
Oh, what a feeling just came over me.
GDAD
Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see
GDAD
Everybody's singing now let's go see
GDABmBmAG
Deep in the valley, now we ought to to be free
GDAD
All the world over, so easy to see
GDAD
People everywhere just wanna be free
GDAD
Listen, people listen, that's the way it should be
GDABmBmAG
Deep in the valley, people got to be free
GDAD
All the world over, so easy to see (See that train over there?)
GDAD
People everywhere just wanna be free (That's the train to freedom)
GDAD
I can't understand, it s so simple to me (It’s about to arrive any minute)
GDABmBmAG
Peace in the valley, people got to be free (It's been long, long overdue)
(Train is coming right on through)
GDAD
All the world over, so easy to see
GDAD
People everywhere just wanna be free
GDAD
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
GDABmBmAG
Peace in the valley, people got to be free