Sting – Just One Lifetime (Guitar)

Bm
The time has come, the world has said,

F#m
To talk of many things,

E
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,

E7
Of cabbages and kings.

Bm
Life a the greatest gift given to humanity,

F#m
Surround yourself with a lot a positive energy,

E
Yuh caan buy it even if yuh have wull heap a money,

E7
A das why we spread love ina the community.

Bm
Yuh coulda be small man or a celebrity,

F#m
Yuh coulda live uptown or di ina city,

E
Wi need a world full peace and serenity,

E7
Sting come sing out fi everybody.

Bm
The time has come, as Shaggy said,

F#m
To talk of many things,

E
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,

E7
Of cabbages and kings.

Bm
The planets tune in retrograde,

F#m
The moon seems to have fled,

E
The world is spinning upside down,

E7
And landed on its head.

         D     F#m
Just one lifetime,

                  E                     E7
And there's only one, yes there's only one.

          D      F#m
Just one life to live,

                    E
Assuming that we'll make it,

Bm
I'm with you, the Walrus said,

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We'll dress for heavy weather,

E
Whatever's on the road ahead,

E7
We're in this now together.

Bm
We thought we'd make a run for it,

F#m
Not knowing where we're headed,

E
We packed the car with both our bags,

E7
And filled her up unleaded.

         D     F#m
Just one lifetime,

                  E                     E7
And there's only one, yes there's only one.

          D      F#m
Just one life to live,

                    E
Assuming that we'll make it,

                       E7
We've no choice but to take it.

Bm
Come Meck wi Teck a page out a di book of life,

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Lego negativity and do what's right,

E
Wi no longer need fi a fuss or fight,

E7
Unite the world an show dem di right.

Bm
Dis generation a set a new trend,

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Replace di word enemy wid friend,

E
Leaders a di world these rules can't bend,

E7
dis a di message wi send to dem.

Bm
The time had come, a reckoning,

F#m
We all knew it was coming,

E
We headed North on empty roads,

E7
The engine gently humming.

Bm
The Walrus smoked a cigarette,

F#m
He claimed it was his last,

E
No signs of life, no gas, no food,

E7
In all the empty towns we passed.

Bm
All we have is me and you,

F#m
It has to be enough,

E
I've got your back and you've got mine,

E7
If the going it gets rough.

         D     F#m
Just one lifetime,

                  E                     E7
And there's only one, yes there's only one.

          D      F#m
Just one life to live,

                    E
Assuming that we'll make it,

                       E7
We've no choice but to take it.

Bm
The time has come, the Walrus said,

F#m
To talk of many things,

E
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,

E7
Of cabbages and kings.