Pete Seeger – Arrange And Re-Arrange (Guitar)

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Words and Music by Pete Seeger [Verse 1]
  D                      G
Early in the mornin' I first see the sun,

   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.

        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,

       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.

   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way

                  D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,

        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:

      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Chorus 1]
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Verse 2]
        D                          G
When I see the first sliver of a brand-new moon,

   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.

        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,

       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.

   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way

                   D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,

        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:

      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Chorus 1]
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Verse 3]
    D                         G
I heard the first yowl of a brand new baby,

        D             A              D
And I said a little prayer for the world.

        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,

       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.

   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way

                   D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,

        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:

      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Chorus 1]
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Verse 4]
 D                          G
Early in the morning I'm a-gathering the sap

       D             A             D
And I say a little prayer for the maple.

      D                     G
Like old Mama Quad, on the northwest slope,

         D           A           D
I'll protect her as long as I'm able.

     D              G
She gives more sap year after year

      D         A           
Than any other single tree,

     D                     G
So bring on the pancakes! Here's to Mama Quad,

         D         A           D
May she live for another century.
[Chorus 2]
  Bm      G              D         A           D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, may she live for another century.

  Bm      G              D         A           D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, may she live for another century.
[Verse 5]
 D                       G
Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night

     D      A          D
And rub my achin' old eyes.

    D                   G
Is that a voice from inside my head

    D            A             D
Or does it come down from the sky?

           D                           G
There's a time to laugh but there's a time to weep

       D                   A           
And a time to make a big change.

 D                   G
Wake up you bum the time has come

      D             A             D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Chorus 1]
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Verse 6]
 D                    G
Perhaps the biggest change will come

         D             A              D
When we don't have to change much at all.

      D               G
When maniacs holler "grow, grow, grow"

 D        A           D
We can choose to be small.

     D                G
The key word may be "little,"

    D                            A
We only have to change a little bit.

 D                   G
Eat a little food, drink a little drink,

     D             A             D
And only have to shit a little shit. (Sing it!)
[Chorus 3]
  Bm      G          D             A            D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, and only have to shit a little shit.

  Bm      G          D             A            D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, and only have to shit a little shit.
[Verse 1, in half-time:]
  D                      G
Early in the mornin' I first see the sun,

   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.

        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,

       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.

   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way

                  D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,

        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:

      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.
[Chorus 1]
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.