The World Is Falling Down Chords by Abbey Lincoln

[Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
[Bb] There are some folks I used [Cm] to know, used to smile [D] and say hello.
[Cm] Spin the world and turn the page, [F] entertaining [G] from the [Bb] stage.
Father time forever [F] true, [Eb] love's its own [G] and me and [Cm] you
disappear just like the [F] sun when the [Bb] day [A] is [Bb] done.
World is falling [F] down, hold my [Bb] hand.
_ [Eb] It's a lonely [F] sound, hold my [Ebm] hand.
[Gm] We'll fight the [Cm] breeze and go like the wind
[F] and look for a [Bb] place where [Ab] the wind [Bb] blows big.
[Eb] _ [Bb] World is falling down, [G] hold my hand.
[Ab] _
[G] [Cm] Hold [Fm] my [F] hand, hold my hand, [Bb] hold my [Gb] hand.
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[C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Gb] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ [D] _
[Bb] _ [Am] _ [E] _ [Am] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [D] _
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[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [E] _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _
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[Am] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Summer's gone and winter's [F] here.
We had a lot [Ab] of rain [Cm] last year.
The news is really [Eb] very [Gm] sad.
The [F] time is [Eb] late, the [G] fruit is [Bb] bad.
The morning's come and roosters [F] crow.
People have no [G] place to [Cm] go.
And disappear just like the sun when the [Gm] day is [Eb] done.
[Bb] [Eb] World is falling [A] down, hold my [Bb] hand.
_ [Cm] It's a lonely [F]
sound, hold [C] my hand.
_ _ [Gm] We'll follow the sun [C] and live for the [Gm] day
[F] [Eb] and look [Fm] for [A] a place [Bb] where [Cm] the children [Bb] [Bb] play.
World is falling down, [G] hold my hand.
[Ab] _ [G] [C] Hold my hand, [F] hold my hand, [Bb] hold my [D] hand.
World is falling down, [Bb] hold my [Gbm] hand.
[Fm] _ _ [Em] _ [G] [Cm] Hold my hand, [F] hold my [Eb] hand, [Ab] hold my hand.
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