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| G | G7 | C | C/B | Am | |
| The | world is | just a | great | big | onion. |
| (Marvin): |
| G | |
| And pain and | fear, |
| Em | Am | D | |
| Are the s | pices that make you | cry. |
| Gmaj7 | G7 | |
| Oh, and the | only way to get | rid, |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| Of this | great | big | onion. |
| (Valerie): |
| Bm7 | Em | Am | |
| Is to | plant | love | seeds, |
| F | C | |
| Until it | dies, uh | huh. |
| Verse 1: |
| (Marvin): |
| G | |
| Hey | world! |
| F | C | G | |
| We got a | great big | job to | do. |
| F | C | G | |
| Yeah, | we need | you, |
| F | C | G | G7 | |
| And every- | body | pull us | through. |
| Bridge 1: |
| G7 | |
| Don't you know we've, |
| C | |
| Got to | clean up this place, |
| Cdim | Em | |
| And | reach for a higher | goal, yeah. |
| A7 | |
| (Valerie): Yes we | do now. |
| G | |
| We gotta | be headstrong, |
| Em | |
| About | rightin' the wrong, |
| F | |
| And make a | mountain, |
| D | |
| Of happy | souls, oh, |
| D7 | |
| (Marvin): | Oh... |
| Chorus 2: |
| G | G7 | C | C/B | Am | |
| The | world is | just a | great | big | onion, |
| (Marvin): |
| G | |
| And | I don't care, |
| Em | Am | |
| It's the | face people like to | wear. |
| D | |
| (Valerie): Yes it | is now. |
| Gmaj7 | G7 | |
| Oh, and the | only way to get | rid, |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| Of this | great | big | onion; |
| (Valerie): |
| Bm7 | Em | Am | |
| Every | single | soul's, |
| F | |
| Got to do their | share, |
| C | |
| Uh huh. |
| Verse 2: |
| (Marvin): |
| G | |
| So come | on, |
| F | C | G | |
| Let's | knock on | every | door. |
| F | C | |
| Tell them | love, |
| G | |
| Is the | answer, |
| F | |
| Whether they're, |
| C | G | G7 | |
| Rich or | poor, | oh yeah. |
| Bridge 2: |
| C | |
| For we don't | care, |
| Cdim | |
| What you do, how you | look, |
| Em | |
| Or your status | claim, baby. |
| A7 | |
| (Valerie): | No no. |
| G | |
| Because | brothers and sisters, |
| Em | |
| From now on, |
| F | D | Eb | |
| Is | gonna be everybody's | name, oh, | oh. |
| *KEY CHANGE* |
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| Chorus 3: |
| G# | G#7 | C# | C#/C | C#m | |
| The | world is | just a | great | big | onion. |
| (Marvin): |
| G# | |
| And pain and | fear, |
| Fm | Bbm | Eb | |
| Are the | spices that make you | cry. |
| Eb | |
| (Valerie): | Yes it is. |
| G#maj7 | G#7 | |
| Oh, and the | only way to get | rid, |
| C# | C#/C | G#m | |
| Of this | great | big | onion; |
| Coda: |
| (Valerie): |
| Cm | Fm | Bbm | |
| Is to | plant | love | seeds, |
| (Marvin): Now everybody, |
| Cm | Fm | Bbm | |
| Got to | plant | love | seeds. |
| (Valerie): Come on and, |
| Cm | Fm | Bbm | |
| Plant | love | seeds, |
| F# | C# | |
| (Marvin): Until it | dies. |
| Outro: |
| Ab | Ab7 | |
| The | world is | just, |
| C# | C#/C | Ab | |
| A | great | big | onion. |
| CHORD DIAGRAMS: |
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| G | G7 | C | C/B | Am | Em |
| EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | |
| 320003 | 323000 | x32010 | x20010 | x02210 | 022000 |
| D | Gmaj7 | Bm7 | F | Cdim | A7 |
| EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | |
| xx0232 | 3x443x | x24232 | 133211 | xx1212 | x02223 |
| D7 | Eb | G# | G#7 | C# | C#/C |
| EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | |
| xx0212 | 6654xx | 466544 | 464544 | x46664 | x3666x |
| G#m | Fm | Bbm | Cm | F# |
| EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | |
| 466444 | 133111 | x13321 | x35543 | 244322 |
| Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 |
| (clumsyband@hotmail.com) |