One World

Words & Music by John Denver
from One World (1986)


G              Em               G         Em
Don't want to live in New York City, man.
G              Em               G         C  D
Don't want to live in Tokyo.
G              Em               G         Em
I want to stay in my own village, man.
G              Em               G         C  D
Is nowhere else I need to go.
G              Em               G         Em
Is nothing that I want for myself.
G              Em               G         C  D
That I don't want for everyone.
G              Em               G         Em
To work in peace to live in freedom.
G              Em               G         C  D
To look and never see a gun.

Em                            C    D    G
Why are we calling this the third world?
Em                      C  D       G
I only know that it is my world.
Em                      C    D      G
Maybe someday it can be our world.
Em              C          D         G
Can you imagine one world, one world.

G            Em                 G         Em
My heart it hurts more than my belly.
G           Em           G         C  D
So hard to live in poverty.
G          Em              G         Em
I want to work for my own living, man.
G              Em               G         C  D
Don't want someone to care for me.
G               Em          G         Em
Don't want to speak of revolution.
G             Em              G         C  D
It starts to sounding like a fight.
G              Em               G         Em
I give myself to evolution.
G              Em               G         C  D
One world will make it be all right.

Em                            C    D    G
Why are we calling this the third world?
Em                      C  D       G
I only know that it is my world.
Em                      C    D      G
Maybe someday it can be our world.
Em              C          D         G
Can you imagine one world, one world.

C              D             G
This world is made for everybody.
C             D            G
This life is gift for everyone.
C              D                G
This earth is bound to keep on turning.
C             D             Em        D        G
This day is flowers in the sunshine, sunshine.

Em                            C    D    G
Why are we calling this the third world?
Em                      C  D       G
I only know that it is my world.
Em                      C    D      G
Maybe someday it can be our world.
Em              C          D         G
Can you imagine one world, one world.
Em                            C    D    G
Why are we calling this the third world?
Em                      C  D       G
I only know that it is my world.
Em                      C    D      G
Maybe someday it can be our world.
Em              C          D         G
Can you imagine one world, one world.