Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 19:48:55 -0500 From: Don Bowlby <donny@ptd.net> Subject: CRD:m/mccartney_paul/The_World_Tonight.crd Song name: The World Tonight Artist: Paul McCartney Album: Flaming Pie (1997) Writer: Paul McCartney Transcribed by: Don Bowlby <donny@ptd.net> 1/21/98 Intro: Am E-------2---------------1-----------0-----------------------------| B-----0----0---0------0---0----0----1------3b-1-3b-1---repeat-----| G---0--------0------0-------0-------2-----------------------------| D-4---------------3-----------------2-----------------------------| A-----------------------------------0-----------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| VERSE:

^AmI saw you sitting at the center of a circle ^CEverybody, everybody wanted ^Dsomething from you ^AmI saw you sitting there ^AmI saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music ^CCaught you playing, caught you praying to the^D voice inside you ^AmI saw you swaying there

BRIDGE:

^EmI don't care ^Amwhat you want to be ^EmI go back so far,^Am I'm in front of me! ^EmIt doesn't matter ^Amwhat they say ^EmThey're giving the game away, hey, ^Ghey!

CHORUS:

^AmI can see the world tonight Look into the future See it in a different light I can see the world tonight

VERSE: I heard you listening to a secret conversation You were crying, you were trying not to let them hear you I heard you listening in BRIDGE: Never mind, what they want to do You've got a right, to your point of view It doesn't matter what they say They're giving the game away, hey, hey! CHORUS:

^AmI can see the world tonight Look into the future See it in a different light I can see the world tonight

F G F Am F G E---------------------------------| B---------------------------------| G-----------------------0-0-------| D----------------0h-2-2-----------| A---------1h-2-2------------------| E--2h-3-3-------------------------| E-------2---------------1----------| B-----0----0---0------0---0----0---| G---0--------0------0-------0------| (4 times) D-4---------------3----------------| A----------------------------------| E----------------------------------| VERSE: I saw you hiding from a flock of paparazzi You were hoping, you were hoping that the ground would swallow you I saw you hiding there Bass line after "the ground would swallow you": D--------------------| A--------------------| E--0--2--3--4--5-----| Repeat Bridge and Chorus donny@ptd.net corrections/additions welcome