The World (is Going Up In Flames) Chords
The World (is Going Up In Flames) by Charles Bradley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm7, Fm7, Eb and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Cm7 Fm7 Eb (4x)
Cm7
This world
Fm7 Eb
is going up in flames
Cm7
and nobody
Fm7 Eb
wanna take the blame
Cm7
don’t tell me
Fm7 Eb
how to live my life
Cm7
when you
Fm7 Eb
never felt the pain
Bb7
ooo ooo ooo
Cm7 Fm7 Eb
come on babe
Cm7 Fm7 Eb
they don’t hear me cry
Cm7 Fm7 Eb
they don’t hear me
Cm7 Fm7 Eb
they don’t hear me cry
Cm7 Fm7 Eb
so what I gotta do
I can’t turn my head away
Seeing all these things
The world
is burning up in flames
and nobody
wanna take the blame
you oh you
you oh you
me oh me
they don’t hear me cry
they don’t hear me
it’s killing me
oh babe
come on babe
gotta be
a better world
gotta make it babe
gotta make it right
ooh