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Version 1 Version 2
I'd Love to Change the World
Ten Years After
Album: A Space in Time (1971)
[Riff 1]
Em G Am/G C B7
e|------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-----------1-------------1---------0-|
G|--------0-------------0---0---0-------2-------------0---0-----2---|
D|------2-------------0---------------2-------------2---------1-----|
A|----2-------------2---------------0-------0-1-2-3---------2-------|
E|--0-------0-1-2-3---------------3---------------------------------|
[Riff 2] (at the end)
Em G Am/G C B7 Em
e|------------------------3-----------------------------------------|-0-------|
B|----------------------------0-----------1-------------1-----------|-0-------|
G|--------0-------------0---0---0-------2-------------0---0----0----|-0-------|
D|------2-------------0---------------2-------------2---------------|-2-------|
A|----2-------------2---------------0-------0-1-2-3----------2------|-2-------|
E|--0-------0-1-2-3---------------3------------------------------3--|-0-------|
[Intro Riff]
Em G Am C B
Em G Am C B
[Verse 1]
Em / // G / //
Everywhere is freaks and hairies,
Am / // C / // B / /
dykes and fairies, tell me where is
Em G Am C B
sanity?
Em / // G / //
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Am / // C / // B / /
'til there are no rich no more
Em G Am C B
[Chorus]
Em G Am C B
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to
Em G Am C B
do So I leave it up to
Em G Am C B
you
[Verse 2]
Em / // G / //
Population keeps on breedin'
Am / // C / // B / /
Nation bleedin', still no feedin'
Em G Am C B
Economy
Em / // G / //
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Am / // C / // B / /
bees make honey, who needs money?
Em G Am C B
monopoly
[Chorus]
Em G Am C B
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to
Em G Am C B
do So I leave it up to
Em G Am C B
you
[Interlude]
Em / // G / // Am / // C / // B / / x4
Oh Yeah!
[Verse 3]
Em / // G / //
More pollution, there's no solution,
Am / // C / // B / /
institution, electrocution,
Em / // G / //
just black and white, rich and poor,
Am / // C / // B / /
them and us, stop the war
Em G Am C B
Em G Am C B
[Chorus]
Em G Am C B
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to
Em G Am C B
do So I leave it up to
Em G Am C B Em
you