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]

	      G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C     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.