We Are The World

[E]There comes a time when we he[A]ed a cert[B]ain ca[E]ll (Lionel Richie)
When the w[A]orld must c[B]ome together as o[E]ne (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
There are peo[C#m]ple dying (Stevie Wonder)
Oh, and it's [Abm]time to lend a hand to l[A]ife (Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of a[B]ll (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)

We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)
We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)
And the truth (Billy Joel)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)

( CHORUS )
We are the w[A]orld[B], we are the chi[E]ldren[E7]
We are the o[A]nes who make a brighter [B]day so let's start [E]giving (Michael Jackson)
There's a [C#m]choice we're making we're [Abm]saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
It's [A]true we'll make a better [B]day just you and [E]me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)

Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)

( REPEAT CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)

When you're do[C]wn and out there see[D]ms no hope at a[E]ll (Michael Jackson)
But if you jus[C]t believe there's no[D] way we can fal[E]l (Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's [C#m]realize that a c[Abm]hange can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When [A]we (Kim Carnes)
stand together as [B]one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)

(REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )

(additional ad-lib vox by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram)