I Need My People Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays473

I Need My People by General Ghost is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C         G                C     G 
Hold your hand now, like a paper cutout 
C    Em        C      G 
Held together, by our arms 
C    G       C G 
Made united, undivided 
C            Em     C       G 
Construction paper, for our arms 

Pre-Chorus 

Bm             Em 
I think people need people 
D 
And I found my people 
     G 
With you 

 

Em 
Ba da ah-da 
C 
Ba da ah-da 
G 
Ba da ah-da 
D 
And I need my people 

Em 
Ba da ah-da 
C 
Ba da ah-da 
G 
Ba da ah-da 
D 
Yeah I need my people 

Em 
Ba da ah-da 
C 
Ba da ah-da 
G 
Ba da ah-da 
D 
I need my people 

Em          C 
Ba da ah-da ahh... 

C  G 
(play through humming) 

C       G 
Can you feel it? 
        C         G 
Feel it in your whole self 
C      Em 
You belong here 
      C        G 
You belong with us 

Pre-Chorus 

Chorus 

Bridge 
C G D Em x2 
C G D (let ring) 

Em 
Ba da ah-da 
C 
Ba da ah-da 
G 
Ba da ah-da 
D 
Yeah I need my people 

Em 
Ba da ah-da 
C 
Ba da ah-da 
G 
Ba da ah-da 
(no guitar this line) 
I need my people 

Then play Chorus til the end 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante