Chords for Barry Manilow - "One Voice" & "I Write The Songs" (1980) - MDA Telethon

Please welcome Mr.
Barry Manilow, ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _ _
_ I had a wonderful time with all of you tonight. _ _
_ _ _ Listen, I have this strange feeling that we're not alone.
_ _ Do you have a feeling that you're being watched?
_ As a matter of fact, I know that we're not alone because we have just joined the Jerry Lewis Telethon.
So I would like to say hello to Jerry and all the kids
and all of the 93 million people that are watching us right now.
Hello, all you 93 million people. _ _
_ See, I'm not kidding, right? _ _ _
_ _ _ I would like to dedicate this next song to Jerry and all the kids.
And I would like to remind all of you out there
that it only takes one person or one phone call to start the ball rolling.
_ _ _ [Ab] Just one _ _ [G] voice [F] singing in the [Gb] darkness.
_ _ [N] All it takes [C] is one _ [Bb] voice _ singing so they hear what's [Eb] on your mind.
And when you look around, you'll find there's more [Ab] than one _ voice singing in the _ [Gb] darkness. _ _
Joining [Db] with [C] your one _ voice, [Db] each and [Db] every note and other octave.
When both hands [Gb] are joined and fears unlocked,
if [Db] only [Abm] one voice would [Db] start it on its own.
We [Gb] need just one voice [B] facing the unknown.
And then [Fm] that one voice [Bb] would never be alone.
It [F] takes that one [Bb] _ _ voice.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ It takes that one _ [Bb] _ _ voice.
[Eb] Just one _ voice.
It [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] takes that one voice.
[G] Shout it out.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Just one _ _ _ [C] _
voice.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [B] Saying [Bbm] _ _ _
[Abm] _ [Db] we're _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ here.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ And we're home. _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ We're home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not going home so fast.
Wait a minute.
_ [Eb] _ We forgot one.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Bb] been alive [C] forever.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
First song.
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] I put the words [Cm] and the melodies together.
I am music [F] and I write the [Fm] songs.
_ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] I write the songs that [Fm] make the whole world sing.
[Bb] I write the songs of love [Eb] and special things.
[Cm] _ I write the songs that make the young [F] girls cry.
[Ab] I write the songs.
I [Eb] write the [Abm] songs.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ My [Bb] home lies [C] deep within you.
[Fm] And I've got my own [Bb] place in your soul.
[Eb] _ _ _ [D] Now when I [G] look out [Cm] through [Eb] your eyes,
[C] I'm young [F] again even though I'm [Bb] very _ old.
_ [Eb] I write the songs that [Cm] make the whole [Ab] world sing.
[Bb]
I [Ab] write the songs of love [Eb] and special things.
[Gm] I [Cm] write the songs [Eb] that make the young [F] girls cry.
[Fm] _ I write the songs.
I [Eb] write the songs.
_ [A] All my [D] music, dance, [Dm] _
and [G] chains.
And I [D] wrote some rock and roll.
[Em] So if [G] _ _ [F] you feel [F] too hard, well, [C] that's a real fine place to start.
[Bb] It's from me to you and from you and from me.
It's a worldwide [Fm] song of [Bb] [G] names.
I _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ write _ [Em] _ the songs that [D] make the young [A] girls _ _ [C] _
cry.
I write the songs.
I [G] write the songs.
[E] _ _ _ [A]
I write the songs that [Bm] make the whole world [E] sing.
I write the songs.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] I write the [A] songs that _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
make the whole world [B] sing.
All _ my music, dance, [A] and chains.
And I wrote some _ _ rock and roll.
[D] You can feel the fire.
[A] Isn't the love in the sky?
[Gbm] _ _ And I write the songs.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _