G    D    C  (intro)

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As I walk through,    this wicked world
C             Em           A           D        C
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity
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I ask myself,    is all hope lost?
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Is there only pain and hatred and misery?

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Cos each time I feel like this inside, one thing I wanna know
G                     D                     Em        
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 
A
Ohhhhhhh
G                     D                     Em        D 
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 


G    D    C    (repeat 4 times)


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As walk on,     through troubled times
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My spirit gets so downhearted, sometimes
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So where are strong ones?   And who are the trusted?
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And where is the har-ar-mony, sweet harmony?

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Cos each time I feel it slipping away, it just makes me want to cry
G                     D                     Em        D 
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 
A
Ohhhhhhh
G                     D                     Em        D 
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 


G    D    C    (repeat several times)


Em    A    D    C
-----------Oohhhhhhh
C                G            D  C               G        D C
So where are the strong ones?    And who are the trusted?
C                Em  A    D              C 
And where is the har-ar-mony, sweet harmony?
C        G              D              G7                       C   
Cos each time I feel it slipping away, it just makes me want to cry
G                     D                     Em        D 
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 
A
Ohhhhhhh
G                     D                     Em        D 
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? 
A
Ohhhhhh
G                     D                     Em  
What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understa-a-a-nding? 
 
G   D   C  (fading out)