Earth Song Chords & Tabs

by Michael Jackson

[Content]
Capo 4

[Intro]
Em A Em A B

[Verse 1]
Em         A      
What about sunrise
Em         A   
What about rain
Em         A                        B                   
What about all the things, that you said we were to gain
Em         A             
What about killing fields
Em         A   
Is there a time
Em         A                       B                      
What about all the things that you said was yours and mine
        C              D   
Did you ever stop to notice
        G                D/F#  Em
All the blood we've shed before
        Am                 
Did you ever stop to notice
            B                           
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?

[Chorus 1]
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            B  
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh

[Verse 2]
Em           A                
What have we done to the world
Em              A   
Look what we've done
Em         A                      B                   
What about all the peace that you pledge your only son
Em         A               
What about flowering fields
Em         A   
Is there a time
Em         A                       B                      
What about all the dreams that you said was yours and mine
        C              D   
Did you ever stop to notice
        G             D/F# Em 
All the children dead from war
             Am            
Did you ever stop to notice
            B                           
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?

[Chorus 2]
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            B  
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]
Am             D
I used to dream
          G               D/F#   Em
I used to glance beyond the stars
Am                           
Now I don't know where we are
  B                              
Although I know we've drifted far

[Chorus 3]
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        Em               A            Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        Em               A            B  
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        F#m              B            F#mB
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        F#m              B            F#mB
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        F#m              B            F#mB
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        F#m              B            F#mC#
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
F#m             B                     F#m                 B                F#m
Hey, what about yesterday (What about us), what about the seas (What about us)
                B                        F#m              B                   F#m
The heavens are falling down (What about us) I can't even breathe (What about us)
           B                      F#m           B              F#m
What about everything (What about us), I didn't do (What about us)
           B               C#                                           F#m
What about nature's worth (ooo,ooo), it's our planet's womb (What about us)
           B             F#m                                 B                F#m
What about animals (What about it), we've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us)
           B                     F#m                     B                 F#m
What about elephants (What about us), have we lost their trust (What about us)
           B                         F#m                     B                F#m
What about crying whales (What about us), we're ravaging the seas (What about us)
           B                   C#                                        F#m
What about forest trails (ooo, ooo), burnt despite our pleas (What about us)
               B                F#m                     B                 F#m
What about the holy land (What about it), torn apart by creed (What about us)
               B                      F#m                   B                F#m
What about the common man (What about us), can't we set him free (What about us)
           B                          F#m                      B               F#m
What about children dying (What about us), can't you hear them cry (What about us)
          B                 C#                                    F#m
Where did we go wrong (ooo, ooo), someone tell me why (What about us)
           B               F#m                      B                F#m
What about baby boy (What about it), what about the days (What about us)
           B                         F#m                 B               F#m
What about all their joy (What about us), what about the man (What about us)
               B                      F#m             B                 F#m
What about the crying man (What about us), what about Abraham (What was us)
           B                 C#                 A   E/G#
What about death again (ooo, ooo), do we give a damn

[Chorus 4]
        F#m              B            F#mB
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        F#m              B            F#mB
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
        F#m              B            F#mB
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
        F#m              B            C# 
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh