Year: 1995 - Album: Number Ones
Written by Michael Joseph Jackson
Am D Am D What about sunrise, What about rain Am D E What about all the things that you said we were to gain? Am D Am D What about killing fields, is there a time Am D E What about all the things that you said were yours and mine Dm G C Am Did you ever stop to notice all the blood we've shed before? Dm E Did you ever stop to notice the crying Earth, the weeping shore?Am D Am D What have we done to the world, look what we've done Am D E What about all the peace that that you pledge your only son? Am D Am D What about flowering fields is there a time? Am D E What about all the dreams that you said were yours and mine? Did you ever stop to notice all the children dead from war? Did you ever stop to notice the crying Earth the weeping shore? CHORUS. Bridge: Dm G C Am I used to dream, I used to glance beyond the stars Dm E Now I don't know where we are, although I know we've drifted far Repeat CHORUS. Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Ah.................. Ah.. Oh................... Oh... Bm E Bm E Bm E F# Ah...................Ah.. Oooh..................... Verses Bm E Bm E Bm What about yesterday(what about us?) What about the seas(what about us) E Bm E Bm The heavens are falling down(what about us) I cant even breathe (what about us) E Bm E Bm What about the bleeding Earth(what about us) Can't we feel it's wounds (what about us?) E F# Bm What about nature's worth (Ooh-OOh) It's our planet's womb (what about us?). What about animals (what about it) We've turned kingdoms to dust (what about us) What about elephants (what about us) Have we lost their trust (what about us) What about crying whales (what about us) We're ravaging the seas (what about us) What about forest trails (ooh-Ooh) Burnt despite our pleas (what about us) What about the holy land (what about it) Torn apart by creed (what about us) What about the common man (what about us) Can't we set him free (what about us) What about children dying (what about us) Can't you hear them cry (what about us) Where did we go wrong (ooh-ooh) Someone tell me why (what about us) What about babies (what about it) What about the days (what about us) What about all their joy (what about us) What about the man (what about us) What about the crying man (what about us) What about Abraham (what about us) What about Death again (ooh-ooh) Do we give a damn?? Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Aah..........ah Ooh..........Ooh Bm E Bm E Bm E F# Aah..........Ah Oooh............Am D Am D Am D Am D Aah............... Aah... Oh...........Ooh Am D Am D Am D Am D Aah............... Aah.. Ooohh...........