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