World Game

Words and Music by John Denver
from It's About Time (1983)


D  G A   D  G A   D

                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                                D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                          D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
      G      Em    A7            D     
About using less, doing so much more.

   G A   D  G A   D

                             A
Everywhere I'm going I see trouble.
                                           D
Everywhere I'm looking I see all kinds of pain.
                              A
Maybe we can get back on the double.
                                           D
Maybe we can turn around and make it all change.
                                A
They say it's you against your neighbor.
                                                D
If it gets right down to it, you against your friend.
                             A
I swear that this is not the answer.
                                         D
As far as I can see it is the way it all ends.

                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                                D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                          D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
      G      Em    A7            D     
About using less, doing so much more.

   G A   D  G A   D

                              A
Hey man, you know me I don't worry.
                                   D
Hey man, you know me I am never afraid.
                            A
Only one thing can make me sorry.
                                         D
Something to say and then it never gets said.
                                A
What kind of man turns on his brother.
                                            D
What kind of man would turn his back on a friend.
                              A
Who has the right to say it's over.
                                         D
Who has the right to say how far it can bend.

                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                                D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                          D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
      G      Em    A7            D     
About using less, doing so much more.


D            G     D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
             A7    D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
             G     D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
             A7    D
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
            G       D
You and me you and me.
            A7      D
You and me you and me.
          G     D
I and I - I and I
          A7    D            
I and I - I and I

                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                                D
I want to make it better than it's ever been before.
                       A
I want to play in the world game.
                                          D
I want to make sure everybody knows the score.
      G      Em    A7            D     
About using less, doing so much more.

   G A   D  G A   D