World I know-
by Collective Soul
off the self-titled album

**NOTE: in the verses, use barre chords.. in the chorus, use the open 
fingerings... that's how it sounded when i heard it.. i'll also give you 
a more powerful-sounding chorus...


VERSE I

D   A   G            A
	Has our conscience shown?
	Has the sweet breeze blown?
	Has all the kindness gone?
	Hope still lingers on.
	I drink myself of newfound pity
	Sitting alone in New York City.
	And I don't know why.

Verse II

D   A   G     A
	Are we listening?
	Hymns of offering
	Have we eyes to see
	That love is gathering?
	
	A
	All the words that I've been reading
	Have now started the act of bleeding
	
	G
	Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D              A
	So I walk upon high
			  G
	And I step to the edge
			D
	To see my world below.
				 A  
	And I laugh at myself
				 C
	While the tears roll down.
				G
	'Cause it's the world I know.
			 D
	It's the world I know.

VERSE III (look at end of Verse I)

I drink myself of newfound pity
Sittin alone in New York City.
And I don't know why.
Don't know why.

CHORUS (check out the first chorus)
So I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.
Yeah, I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

at the end when the symphony kicks in, Childress (i think) is 
arpeggiating a D, and throwing in the 4th sometimes (Dsus4)

and the song ends on a Dsus4...


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Collective Soul - The World I Know


Bm      G
Has our conscience shown?
Bm      G
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Bm      G
Has all kindness gone?
Bm         G
Hope still lingers on.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
	  G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

Bm     G
Are we listening?
Bm       G
Hymns of offering
Bm      G
Have we eyes to see
Bm           G
That love is gathering?

A
All the words that I've been reading have now started the act of bleeding=

G
Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D              A                      G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
				  D
to see my world below.
			   A                           C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
						G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
	  G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

CHORUS
D              A                      G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
				  D
to see my world below.
			   A                           C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
						G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.
				  A                      G
Yeah, I walk upon high and I step to the edge
				  D
To see my world below
				 A                         C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
						G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.



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The World I Know
by Collective Soul
Taken from the album Collective Soul

Well I definitely think this song is overplayed, but I have found a new 
respect for Collective Soul after I figured out the opening riff to this 
song. I think it is a great progression. I borrowed the lyrics from World 
I Know tablulation by Scott the guitar freak and Chad Hanley. I don't 
think their opening is accurate, it actually starts with a Bm progression 
like this...

s- slide

FIG 1
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
G -2ss7777777--22222-244--444-666---------------------------------
D -0ss0000000--00000-000--000-000---------------------------------
A -xssxxxxxxx--xxxxx-xxx--xxx-xxx---------------------------------
E -2ss7777777--22222-233--333-555---------------------------------
					 ***

***-play that part as if you were counting '1,2,3' quickly, where the 
2x02 formation gets the 1 count and the 2 and 3 count goes to 3x04.

(you can figure out the real timing by listening to the song)

FIG 1
Has our conscience show?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.

(open chords)
A
I drink myself of newbound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
G
And I don't know why

FIG 1
Are we listening?
Hymsn of offering
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?

(open chords)
A
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
G
Into one... into one

(open chords)

D              A
So I walk upon high
				   G
And I step to the edge
					D
To see my world below
				  A
And I laugh at myself
					  C
While the tears roll down
					 G
Cos it's the world I know
				 D
It's the world I know