Chords for Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Peace Train (Live at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, 2006)

_ It's a great privilege to be here.
It's a long time since I've been doing this kind of work. _
_ _ In the meantime, _ _
_ _ _ _ in _ _ _ _ the meantime, I have been working, _ _ doing _ other things in education _ and _ _ relief,
_ _ _ and that is why I'm exceptionally happy today _ that this
_ _ _ _ fantastic achievement, the Nobel Peace Prize, is being given to the man who is doing so much to alleviate _
poverty, Mr.
Muhammad _ Yunus. _ _
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_ Poverty, _ _ actually, _
_ [Bb] the erasion or the eradication of poverty definitely
_ _ is the way to peace.
_ _ I'd like to sing a song
_ that has something to do with that, is linked slightly, _ _ _ _
and [Ab] you probably [C] recognize.
[F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] Now [G] I've been [C]
happy lately,
_ [F] thinking [C] about the [F] good things to come, _ and [G] I [Am] believe it could [F] be
[G] something [F] good has begun.
[C] Yes, [G] I've been [C] smiling lately,
_ dreaming about the [F] world as one, _ and
[G] I [Am] believe it could [F] be
[G] someday [F] it's going to come, [C] because out on the edge of darkness
_ [F] _ [C] there rides a [F] peace train.
_ Oh, peace [G] train, [Am] take this country, [F] come [Em] take me [F] home again.
_ [C] Yes, I've been smiling lately,
_ [F] thinking [C] about [F] the good things to come, _ [G] and I [Am] believe it could [F] be
[G] something _ [F] good has [C] begun.
[F] Peace train
_ sounding louder, [C] glide on [F] the peace train.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G] Come on peace [F] train, [C] _
_ this [G] peace train, [C] holy roller, everyone jump upon [F] the peace train.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [G] Come on [F] peace train,
_ [C] now get [G] your [C] bags together,
_ [F] go [C] bring your [F] good friends too.
_ _ [G] Cause [Am] it's getting _ [F] nearer,
it [G] soon [F] will be with _ [C] you.
Just come [G] and [C] join the living,
_ [F] _ it's [C] not [F] so far from you.
_ [G] And it's [Am]
getting _ [F] nearer,
[G] soon it will [F] all be true.
[C] _ _ [F] Peace train _ sounding louder, [C] glide on the [F] peace train.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] Come [F] on peace train, [C] peace train.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] Now [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] I've been [C]
crying lately,
_ _ thinking about the [F] world as it is.
_ _ [E] Why must we [Am] go on hating?
[F] _ [G] Why can't we [F] live in bliss?
[C] Cause out [G]
on the [C] edge of darkness
_ [F] _ [C] there rides [F] a peace train.
_ Oh [G] peace train, [Am] take this [F] country, come [G] take me [F] home again.
[C] _ [F] Peace train _ [C] sounding louder, [F] _
[C] glide on the [F] peace train. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] Come on [F] peace train, _ _ [C] this peace train, _ holy [F] roller, everyone jump upon the peace train. _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] Come [Dm] on, come [F] on, come _ on, come [G] _ [Am] on peace train, [F] _
[G] this [C] peace _ _ _ _ _
[F] train. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
Come [F] _ _ [G] on [F] peace train, peace [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] train. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] Come on peace [Am] _
train.
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_ Thank you. _ _ _ _ _