(E)There comes a time

when we (A)heed a (B)cer tain (E)call,

when the (A)world must (B)come to geth er as (E)one.

There are peo ple dy ing, and it’s (G#m7)time to lend a hand

to life,

the (A)great est gift of all.

(E)We can’t go on

pre (A)tend ing (B)day by (E)day that some (A)one some (B)how will soon make a (E)change.

We are (C#m)all a part of

God’s (G#m7)great big fam i ly.

And the (F#m7)truth, you know (A)love is all we (Bsus)need.

We are the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a (C#m)choice we’re mak ing,

we’re (G#m7)sav ing our own lives.

It’s (F#m7)true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and (E)me.

Well, (E)send them your heart

so they (A)know that (B)some one (E)cares,

so their (A)cries for (B)help will not be in (E)vain.

We can’t (C#m)let them suf fer, no, we (G#m7)can not turn a way.

Right (F#m7)now

they (A)need a help ing hand.

Nou se mond la, (E)me.

When you’re (C)down and out and there (D)seems no hope at all,

but if you (C)just be lieve, there’s (D)no way we can fall.

Well, well, well, well, let us (C#m)re a lize,

oh, that a (G#m)change can on ly come

when (A)we

stand to geth er as (Bsus)one.

We are the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a (C#m)choice we’re mak ing,

we’re (G#m7)sav ing our own lives.

And it’s true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and me.

We are the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a (Dm)choice we’re mak ing,

we’re (Am7)sav ing our own lives.

It’s true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and me.

We are the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a (Dm)choice we’re mak ing,

we’re (Am7)sav ing our own lives.

It’s true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and me.

We are the world,

We all need some bod (Eb)y that we can lean on when you wake up, look a round and see that your dream’s gone.

When the earth quakes, we’ll (Eb)help you make it through the storm; when the floor breaks, a mag ic car pet to stand on.

We are the world, u nit (Eb)ed by love so strong, when the ra di o is n’t on, you can hear the songs.

A guid ing light on the dark road you’re walk ing on, a sign post to find the dreams you thought was gone.

Some one to help you move the (Eb)ob sta cles you stum bled on, some one to help you re build af ter the rub ble’s gone.

We are the world, con nect ed by a com mon bond: love, the whole plan et sing in’ a long.

Ca ba rett!

We are the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a (Dm)choice we’re mak ing,

we’re (Am7)sav ing our own lives.

It’s true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and me.

(F)Ev ’ry day cit i zens, ev ’ry bod y pitch ing in.

Nou se mond la,

nou se ti moun yo.

You and I, you and I.

(F)Uh, twelve days, no wa ter, what’s your will to live?

We am pli fied the love we watch ing mul ti ply.

(Am7)Feel ing like the world’s end, we can make the world win, like Ka tri na, Af (Bb)ri ca, In do ne sia.

And (F)now Hai ti needs us, they need us, they need us.

the world,

we are the chil dren,

we are the ones who make a bright er day, so let’s start giv ing.

There’s a choice we’re mak ing,

we’re sav ing our own lives.

It’s true we’ll make a bet ter day, just you and me.

Hai ti, Hai ti, Ha Ha Ha Ha Hai ti, Hai ti, Ha Ha Ha Ha Hai ti.