D5 
And you ask me what I want this year 
          G5 
And I try to make this kind and clear 
           A5                                D5 
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days 
          D5 
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings 
             G5 
And desire and love and empty things 
           A5                                 D5 
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days 
 

     G5 
So take these words 
        A5 
And sing out loud 
        G5                  A5 
Cuz everyone is forgiven now 
        B5                   G5             D5 
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again 
 

              D5 
And it's someplace simple where we could live 
        G5 
And something only you can give 
  A5                                              D5 
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive 
             D5 
And the one poor child that saved this world 
        G5 
And there's 10 million more who probably could 
      A5                                      D5 
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them 
 

     G5 
So take these words 
        A5 
And sing out loud 
        G5                   A5 
Cuz everyone is forgiven now 
        B5                   G5            D5 
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again 
  
(Base:  
D5 G5 A5 D5 ) 
 
           D5 
I wish everyone was loved tonight 
       G5 
And somehow stop this fight 
         A5                                  D5 
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days 
 

     G5 
So take these words 
        A5 
And sing out loud 
         G5               A5 
Cuz everyone is forgiven now 
       B5                   A5             D5     
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again 
       B5                   A5             D5     
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again