Written by James Barry/Danny O'Donoghue/Mark Sheehan
STANDARD TUNING NO CAPO (*= one strum) Intro- Am C G Am Would Dylan be just a poet? C G Would Bono ever know it, without those songs? Mmmm Am Would Marley be just a stoner? C G Johnny Cash just be a loner, without those songs? Mmmm Am Would Buddy Holly have disappeared? C G C Or would Lennon still be here, without those songs? Yea--ah Am What happened in their lives? Em What happened in their hearts? G To make them wanna write the words C But gonna tear this world apart Am The beauty of their lives Em Is when they're dead and gone G The world still sings along Am When anything went right C* When anything went wrong G They put it in a song Am Would Elvis be just a look C G Or the Rolling Stones mistook, without those songs? Mmmm Am Would Sinatra be just a gangster C G Or would Jackson be just a dancer, without those songs? Yea-ah Am Would Madonna be just a face? C G C Or Nirvana be just a place without those songs? Yea-ah Am What happened in their lives? Em What happened in their hearts? G To make them wanna write the words C They're gonna tear this world apart Am The beauty of their lives Em Is when they're dead and gone G The world still sings along Am When anything went right C When anything went wrong G They put it in a song, yea-ah Em C Bm D Oooooh, oooo Em C Bm D Oooooh, oooh Am When anything went right C When anything went wrong G They put it in a song Am Oh who would make a scene C* And where would we all be G Without those songs G* Without those songs