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[Chorus]
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  We, the people, hear now,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people, yeah,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

[Bridge]
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  You may have the black blood
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  or you may have the white blood,
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  but we all are living on blood, so,
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  don't let nobody slip into the mud, 'cause uh,

[Chorus]
A*
  We, the people, you tell them,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people, well,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

[Verse 1]
D                  E
Earnin' the knack, vast regret,
D                            E
everybody sweatin', what you give is what you get.
D                           E
  Hot pants in style, don't let our world go wild,
D                          E
  mama's youngest child is learning fast.
D                E
Got to get up as soon as you get down,
D                             E
  don't get nothing from, uh, messing around.

[Chorus]
A*
  We, the people, hey y'all,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

[Interlude]
F          | C          | D          | E          |

[Chorus]
A*
  Oh, we, the people, remember y'all,
A*
got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

[Verse 1] (Reprise)
D                  E
Earnin' the knack, vast regret,
D                            E
everybody sweatin', what you give is what you get.
D                           E
  Hot pants in style, don't let our world go wild,
D                          E
  mama's youngest child is learning fast.

[End-Chorus] (Repeat and Fade Out)
A*
  We, the people, remember y'all,
A*
got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people (You and me now, alright, yeah),
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now. (I tell ya)

A*
  We, the people, hear now (tell 'em all, tell 'em all, tell 'em all, yeah),
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people, well,
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

A*
  Let me see the people (every single man, every which way),
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got to make the world go 'round (can't nobody get away),
got to make the world now (it's a game we got to play, you see, ah).
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  We, the people, we got to do it now,
A*
got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.

A*
  Oh, we, the people, yeah,
A*
got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.
A*
  We, the people, (we the people, yeah),
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got to make the world go 'round, got to make the world now.