EmDGC
If everybody were poor, we would all be rich
EmDGC
If everybody up on this Earth were poor, we would all be rich
EmDG
If I had no work, I would enjoy life
CEm
I would put my family first
DG
I would spend some time with my baby
C
I would love 'em more and more
EmDGC
If I was poor, I'd cut down trees to build my roof
EmD
I'd hunt in the forest
GC
Get my fish from the ocean
EmDG
Yeah, and we would live like a king and the queen
CEm
And we would have a little princess or prince
DGC
We would never have felt more free
[Chorus]
EmDGC
People, people will always be people to me
EmDGC
Yeah, people, people will always be people to me
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong, we do right
GC
Yeah, we do wrong and we do right
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong and do right
GCEm
'Cause people will always be people to me
[Verse]
DG
Here comes another Friday (Friday)
CEm
I haven't had work in weeks
DG
I just wanna make a living (Living)
CEm
And I promise I wouldn't need the sleep
DGC
If I could work every day, work every day
Work every day
EmDGC
Oh no, work every day, work every day, work every day
EmD
I, I'd even work at night
GC
I'd never take a day off rest of my life
EmD
I would send the kids to school, make sure they're alright
GC
And make sure they're better than I, better than
[Chorus]
EmDGC
People, people will always be people to me
EmDGC
Yeah, people, people will always be people to me
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong, we do right
GC
Yeah, we do wrong and we do right
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong and do right
GCEmDGCEmD
'Cause people will always be people to me
G
'Cause people
CEmD
Will always be people to me
[Interlude]
GC
J'peux jamais oublier cette année au pays
EmDGC
Ma Côte d'Ivoire
EmD
On avait pas beaucoup mais
GC
On était content, quoi
EmD
Ça m'a appris de ne pas me plaindre
GCEmD
Et d'être bien avec qui je suis
GC
Nous sommes que des hommes
EmDGC
On est tous pareils
EmDGCEmDG
On fait du bien et puis on fait du mal
C
Mais c'est ton choix
[Chorus]
EmDGC
People, people will always be people to me
EmDGC
Yeah, people, people will always be people to me
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong, we do right
GC
Yeah, we do wrong and we do right
EmD
Yeah, we do wrong and do right
GCEmDGC
'Cause people will always be people to me
EmDGC
[Outro]
EmD
People are people, that's all I know
GC
People are people, that's all I know
EmD
Hey, people are people, that's all I know
GC
People are people, that's all I know
EmD
And people will be and people they are
GC
And people are people, that's all I know
Em
Oh no no
D
That's all I know
GC
That's all I know