[Intro]
A (2x) Am (2x) D
[Verse]
Em                                     G 
I must've dreamed a thousand dreams 
A                                     A 
Been haunted by a million screams 
C                                  D 
But I can hear the marching feet 
Em                               D 
They're moving into the street. 
Em                               G 
Now did you read the news today  
A                               A 
They say the dangers gone away 
C                                     D 
But I can see the fires still alight 
Em 
There burning into the night.
[Pre-Chorus]
D                Em 
There's too many men 
G        A 
Too many people 
       D        Em           G 
Making too many problems 
    D        D          Em 
And not much love to go round 
G        A 
Cant you see 
          D          Em        G    D         Em 
This is a land of confusion.
[Chorus]
C           D        Bm            Em 
This is the world we live in  (aaaah) 
    C             D          Bm         Em 
And these are the hands were given (ooooh) 
C            D          Bm           Em 
Use them and lets start trying (aaaaah) 
   C         D           Bm     A (2x) Am (2x) D 
To make it a place worth living in.
[Verse]
Em                               G 
Ooh superman where are you now 
A                                     A 
When everything's gone wrong somehow 
C                                    D 
The men of steel, the men of power 
Em 
Are losing control by the hour.
[Pre-Chorus]
D           Em 
This is the time 
G           A 
This is the place 
      D            Em         G 
So we look for the future 
            D        D          Em 
But there's not much love to go round 
G       A              D          Em        G   D        Em 
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.
[Chorus]
C           D        Bm            Em 
This is the world we live in  (aaaah) 
    C             D          Bm         Em 
And these are the hands were given (ooooh) 
C            D          Bm           Em 
Use them and lets start trying (aaaaah) 
   C         D           Bm     A  (2x)   Am  (2x) 
To make it a place worth living in.
[Instrumental]
C#m     F#/C#     A/C#  A/C#
E  B/D#   C#m
[Interlude]
  F#            C#m 
I remember long ago 
             F#/C# 
Ooh when the sun was shining 
            A/C# 
Yes and the stars were bright 
A/C# 
All through the night 
        E             B/D#      C#m 
And the sound of your laughter 
     F#       A 
As I held you tight 
          C  (4x) 
So long ago  
C  D    C  D    C  D    C  D  Em          D
[Verse]
Em                            G 
I wont be coming home tonight 
A                               A 
My generation will put it right 
C                             D 
Were not just making promises 
Em 
That we know, well never keep.
[Pre-Chorus]
D        Em 
Too many men 
G                A 
There's too many people 
       D        Em         G 
Making too many problems 
D            D          Em 
And not much love to go round 
G        A 
Cant you see 
          D          Em        G   D        Em 
This is a land of confusion.
[Chorus]
    C           D        Bm           Em 
Now this is the world we live in (aaaah) 
    C             D          Bm         Em 
And these are the hands were given (ooooh) 
C            D          Bm          Em 
Use them and lets start trying (aaaah) 
   C         D           Bm       Em 
To make it a place worth fighting for. 
C           D        Bm           Em 
This is the world we live in (aaaah) 
    C             D          Bm         Em 
And these are the names were given (ooooh) 
C            D          Bm           Em 
Stand up and lets start showing (aaaah) 
C              D         Bm    A (2x)  Am  (2x)       D  Em 
Just where our lives are going to.