Artist: Collective Soul
Song: The World I Know
Tuning: standard
[Intro]
Hammer on
Csus/ / / F / G Csus ) (intro 4 times and verse)
[Verse]
Has our conscience shown
Has the sweet breeze blown
Has all kindness gone
Hope still lingers on
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I drink myself a new found pity
Sittin’ alone in New York City
F
And I don’t know why
[Intro 2]
Hammer on
Csus/ / / F / G Csus ) (intro 4 times and verse)
[Verse]
(same as verse one)
Are we listening
Hymns of offering
Have we eyes to see
Love is gathering
[Pre-Chorus]
G
All the words that I’ve been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
F
Into one, into one
[Chorus]
C G
So I walk upon high
F
And I step to the edge
Csus2(h)C Csus4 C Csus2(h)C C
And I laugh at myself
Bb
As the tears roll down
F
Cuz it’s the world I know
C
COh it’s the world I know
[Prechorus]
G
I drink myself a new found pity
Sitting alone in New York City
F
And I don’t know why
I don’t know why
[Chorus]
C G
So I walk upon high
F
And I step to the edge
Csus2(h)C Csus4 C Csus2(h)C C
And I laugh at myself
Bb
As the tears roll down
F
Cuz it’s the world I know
C
COh it’s the world I know
C G
So I walk upon high
F
And I step to the edge
Csus2(h)C Csus4 C Csus2(h)C C
And I laugh at myself
Bb
As the tears roll down
F
Cuz it’s the world I know
C
COh it’s the world I know
[Outro]
C G F G repeat x 3
C G F
