Something in the air (1969) (video)

C - Dm - C - Dm

C

1. Call out the instigators,

Dm

because there’s something in the air.

C

We’ve got to get together sooner or later,

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because the revolution’s here, and you know it’s right.

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And you know that it’s right.

Dm

We have got to get it together,

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we have got to get it together now.

+ C - C7 - C - C7 + D - D - Em

D

2. Lock up the streets and houses,

Em

because there’s something in the air.

D

We’ve got to get together sooner or later,

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because the revolution’s here, and you know it’s right.

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And you know that it’s right.

Em

We have got to get it together,

Em D

we have got to get it together now.

(instrumental passage left out here)

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E

3. Hand out the arms and ammo,

F#m

we’re going to blast our way through here.

E

We’ve got to get together sooner or later,

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because the revolution’s here, and you know it’s right.

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And you know that it’s right.

F#m

We have got to get it together,

F#m E

we have got to get it together now.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Thunderclap Newman)