G      C
G      D   C
G      C
G      D   C

[Chorus]
G                     C         G
In these times, these dangerous times
G                     D          G
The world held down by backwards minds
G                    C            G
With closed eyes, and hearts shut, blind
G               D        G
It's a sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
It’s a sad and beautiful world

[Verse 1]
G                 C            G
What's the use in nations and borders?
G                    D    G
Lines and walls that just divide.
G                   C          G
I would love it for you to come over
G                        D    G
but we were born on the wrong side.

[Verse 2]
G                 C            G
Water's rising - knee deep and climbing
G               D    G
Politicians go rowing by
G            C            G
Photo albums float by me, broken
G                            D         G
Dreams leaking out, all their memories die.

[Bridge]
C                 G       C                 D
Would we feel the ending, if it all started again.
G                              C            G
This time with new faces, our lives trading places
G                D         G
in this sad and beautiful world.

[Chorus]
G                     C         G
In these times, these dangerous times
G                     D          G
The world held down by backwards minds
G                    C             G
Its a baby born on a cold winter's morn
G               D        G
In the sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
In the sad and beautiful world

[Solo]
G      C
G      D   C
G      C
G      D   C

[Verse 3]
G                 C         G
I could sing this same song over
G               D         G
I could sing it again and again
G                           C           G
I won't be the first and I won't be the last
G                                  D           G
But the Clash poured the gas on me when I was a kid

[Verse 4]
G               C      G
Young minds, a new generation
G                 D       G
The revolution is in your hands
G                                C      G
Take the reins back, step on the kings, Jack
G                    D       G
Don't look back, just take a stand.

[Bridge]
C                   G        C                  D
All these sensitive colors,  Still we all bleed red
G                              C            G
We're all born, we die,  We live life, and cry
G               D        G
In this sad and beautiful world

[Verse 5]
G                      C         G
In these times, these gluttonous times
G                     D       G
A world held down by selfish minds
G                        C         G
There’s a baby born on a muggy hot morn
G               D        G
In the sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
In the sad and beautiful world

[Solo]
G      C
G      D   C
G      C
G      D   C

[Bridge]
C                    G        C               D
Till every bullet is melted,  For every boy & girl
G                             C         G
The sun will come up in a new town each morning.
G               D        G
In a sad and beautiful world

[Chorus]
G                     C         G
In these times, these dangerous times
G                    D         G
A world held down by fearful minds
G                      C      G
Shots ring out, church bells chime
G               D        G
In the sad and beautiful world

[Outro]
G                     C         G
In these times, these dangerous times
G                     D          G
The world held down by backwards minds
G                    C             G
Its a baby born on a cold winter's morn
G               D        G
In a sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
In a sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
In a sad and beautiful world
G               D        G
In a sad and beautiful world