INTRO
Bm    C#m 3x
Bm    A

VERSE 1
D         C            G             A
There's a story that I read about in books
D         C        G            A
About the bad times that people had
Bm            C#m        Bm            A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it

CHORUS
D   C    G  A
Too many people

VERSE 2
D                C              G                 A
The black plague came along and wiped out quite a few
D             C               G               A
The rats came with the graves, that's how we knew
Bm            C#m        Bm            A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it

CHORUS
D   C    G  A
Too many people

BRIDGE
Bm                 G
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
Em                              A
These things have happened once before
Bm                        G
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
Em                               A
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait

HARMONICA G  O 
D   C \ 4x
G   A /

CHORUS
D   C    G  A
Too many people
D   C    G  A
Too many people

BRIDGE
Bm                 G
This ain't no story, no fairy tale
Em                              A
These things have happened once before
Bm                        G
Ask yourself the question, when will it end
Em                               A
There ain't no foolin' death, so you just gotta sit and wait

VERSE 3
D         C              G                   A
A million people died in great wars, that we know
D         C                 G             A
They sacrificed their lives, just goes to show
Bm            C#m        Bm            A
That's how he planned it, you can't do now about it

CHORUS
D   C    G  A                             \ 
Too many people (There's too many people) / 2x
D   C    G  A
Too many people (Too many people, oh)
Bm
Yeah