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To play the D7, take an open C7 and move it up 2 frets
  D7=  x5453x
[INTRO RIFF 1X] E7
[VERSE]
D7Love is understanding, don't you know that this is true?
Love is understanding, it's in eE7verything we do.
[VERSE]
D7In this generation, in this lovin' time.
In this generation, we will mE7ake the world-a shine.
[CHORUS]
A7We were born to lD7ove one another,
A7This is something wE7e all need.
A7We were born to lD7ove one another,
E7We must be what we're gF7oing to be,
G7And what we have to A7be   is D7free.
[INTRO RIFF 4X] E7
[VERSE]
D7In this generation, in this lovin' time.
In this generation, we will mE7ake the world-a shine.
[CHORUS]
A7We were born to lD7ove one another,
A7This is something wE7e all need.
A7We were born to lD7ove one another,
E7We must be what we're gF7oing to be,
G7And what we have to A7be   is D7free.
D7Love is understandinD7sus4g       D7we gotta be free
D7Love is understanding       D7sus4  D7we gotta be free
D7In this generation love is understandinD7sus4g      D7we gotta be free
D7we gotta be freD7sus4e      D7we gotta be free       D7sus4  D7we gotta be free

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For Petes Sake

by The Monkees

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D7sus4

To play the D7, take an open C7 and move it up 2 frets

= x5453x

[INTRO RIFF 1X] E7

[VERSE]

Love is understanding, don't you know that this is true?

Love is understanding, it's in everything we do.

[VERSE]

In this generation, in this lovin' time.

In this generation, we will make the world-a shine.

[CHORUS]

A7 D7

We were born to love one another,

A7 E7

This is something we all need.

A7 D7

We were born to love one another,

E7 F7

We must be what we're going to be,

G7 A7 D7

And what we have to be is free.

[INTRO RIFF 4X] E7

[VERSE]

In this generation, in this lovin' time.

In this generation, we will make the world-a shine.

[CHORUS]

A7 D7

We were born to love one another,

A7 E7

This is something we all need.

A7 D7

We were born to love one another,

E7 F7

We must be what we're going to be,

G7 A7 D7

And what we have to be is free.

D7 D7sus4 D7

Love is understanding we gotta be free

D7 D7sus4 D7

Love is understanding we gotta be free

D7 D7sus4 D7

In this generation love is understanding we gotta be free

D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 D7

we gotta be free we gotta be free we gotta be free

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