SAVE THE WORLD (George Harrison) From the album "Somewhere in England", 1981 Transcripted by Danilo Fiani (danilofiani@hotmail.com) Fm7(b5) (aka Fdim) X X 3 4 3 4 F#m7(b5) (aka F#dim) X X 4 5 4 5 Cmaj7 0 3 2 0 0 0 Co X 3 4 2 4 X F/CX (133211@1)3 3 2 1 1 Intro: (1st slide guitar) C (x32010@1) Co Fm7(b5) G (320003@1)E-------------------- B--------------------- G--5s8--8-10s12-13---13-12-10-9-------- Chorus : G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)We've got to save the world Bb (x1333x@1) D7 (xx0212@1) F#m7(b5) GSomeone (320003@1)else may want to use it Bb (x1333x@1) A7 (x02020@1) So far we've seen DmThis (xx0231@1)planet's rape, G#7 (xx1112@1) G (320003@1)how we've abused it G7We've (320001@1)got to save the world Interlude [C Co Fm7(b5)] C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)Russians have the biggest share C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) With their long fingers everywhere F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1) And now they've bombs in outer space F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) With laser beams and atomic waste C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Rain forest chopped for paper towels C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)One acre gone in every hour* F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1)Our birds and wildlife all destroyed F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) [C Co F/C (133211@1) G] To keep some millionaires employed (different interlude) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Cmaj7We've (x32000@1)got to save the whale Bb (x1333x@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m7(b5) GGreenpeace (320003@1)they've tried to diffuse it Bb (x1333x@1) A7 (x02020@1) But dog food salesmen Dm (xx0231@1) G#7 (xx1112@1)GPersist (320003@1)on kindly to harpoon it G7We've (320001@1)got to save the world [C Co F/C] C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) The armament consortium C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) They're selling us plutonium F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1) Now you can make your own H-bomb F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) Right in the kitchen with your mom C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)The nuclear power that costs you more C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Than anything you've known before F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1)The half-wit's answer to a need F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) For cancer, death, destruction, greed [SOLO: repeat the verses above chords] [Repeat the intro] G7C Cmaj7We've (x32000@1)got to save the world Bb (x1333x@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m7(b5) GSomeone's (320003@1)children they may need it Bb (x1333x@1) A7 (x02020@1) So far we've seen Dm (xx0231@1) G#7 (xx1112@1) GThe (320003@1)big business of extinction bleed it G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Co F (133211@1)We've got to save the world C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)We're at the mercy of so few C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)With evil hearts determined to F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1)Reduce this planet into hell F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) |Co Fm7(b5)| (fast passage) Then find a buyer and make quick sale C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)To end upon a happy note C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Like trying to make concrete float F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1)Is very simple knowing that F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) Co F (133211@1) God in your heart lives G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1) We've got to save the world Bb (x1333x@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m7(b5) G (320003@1)Someone else may want to use it Bb (x1333x@1) A7 (x02020@1) It's time you knew Dm (xx0231@1) How close we've come G#7 (xx1112@1)G (320003@1) G7We're (320001@1)gonna lose it - We gotta save, we gotta save C (x32010@1) Co Fm7(b5) CWe (x32010@1)gotta save the world. Comments: 1) The slide guitar interludes vary. I've transcripted one from the introduction (there are two, making a dobro) just in case of identifying the main melody. 2) I really dislike this song. It has a quite bizarre chords sequency that doesn't make a beautiful result. And the lyrics are very poor, not to mention the "Russians" part, that reveals a very shallow knowledge about the facts or, at least, a kind of ingenuity from my (our) favorite songwriter/musician. I'm the biggest George Harrison fan in the world, for sure... but this song, along with only 2 or 3 other songs from his entire career, is unpassable. 3) Why had I spent my time transcripting it? Well, "a friend came to me, and told me that he wanted help"... so it was worthwile.