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(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
By Nick Lowe, as performed by Elvis Costello and The Attractions
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Chord Guide |
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
32 1 C: x32010 |
12 Em: 022000 |
123 A: x02220 |
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132 D: xx0232 |
T 132 D/F#: 2x0232 |
T 1 G7/F: 1x0001 |
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Strum Guide |
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Main Riff Strum G D U U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C D U U D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Hold strum (use for 2nd and 4th lines in verses, and for all but 1st line of chorus) D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Punk Strum D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Chorus Ending Strum Em D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D M D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + M = mute |
Intro: / G - - - / C - - - / x4
G C G C
As I walk through This wicked world
Em A D C
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity
G C G C
I ask myself Is all hope lost?
Em A D C
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?
Chorus 1:
G D/F# G7/F C
And each time I feel like this inside, there's one thing I wanna know
G D Em A
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
G D Em D
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
/ G - - - / C - - - / x4
G C G C
And as I walked on through troubled times
Em A D C
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
G C G C
So where are the strong and who are the trusted?
Em A D C
And where is the ha - rmony? Sweet harmony?
Chorus 2:
G D/F# G7/F C
'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry
G D Em A
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
G D Em D
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
/ G - - - / C - - - / x4
Instrumental Verse (first eight measures)
G C G C
So where are the strong and who are the trusted?
Em A D C
And where is the ha - rmony? Sweet harmony?
Chorus 3:
G D/F# G7/F C
'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry
G D Em A
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
G D Em A
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
G D Em (hold for 2)
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
/ G - - - / C - - - / x4
End on G
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.