The Hollies - Too Many People
INTRO
Bm C#m 3x
Bm A
VERSE 1
D C G A
There's a story that I read about in books
D C G A
About the bad times that people had
Bm C#m Bm A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
CHORUS
D C G A
Too many people
VERSE 2
D C G A
The black plague came along and wiped out quite a few
D C G A
The rats came with the graves, that's how we knew
Bm C#m Bm A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
CHORUS
D C G A
Too many people
BRIDGE
Bm G
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
Em A
These things have happened once before
Bm G
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
Em A
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait
HARMONICA SOLO
D C 4x
G A /
CHORUS
D C G A
Too many people
D C G A
Too many people
BRIDGE
Bm G
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
Em A
These things have happened once before
Bm G
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
Em A
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait
VERSE 3
D C G A
A million people died in great wars, that we know
D C G A
They sacrificed their lives, just goes to show
Bm C#m Bm A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it
CHORUS
D C G A
Too many people (There's too many people) / 2x
D C G A
Too many people (Too many people, oh)
Bm
Yeah