[Intro]
A F#m D E
e|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
B|-------7/9-|-7---|-----|-----------------------|
G|-4/6-------|-----|-4\2-|-4/9--9-7--7-6--6-4--4-|
D|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------| x2
A|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
E|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
A F#m
Well, I'm just people watching
D E
The other people watching me
A F#m
And we're all people watching
D E
The other people watching we
[Post-Chorus]
F#m D7
And we're as lonely as we want it to be
F#m D7
We're all as lonely as we want it to be
F#m D7
Just as lonely as we want it to be
E
I'm just you, you're just me
F#m D7
It's only true if we believe
[Interlude] (same as Intro)
| A | F#m | D | E | x2
[Verse]
A F#m
Well, there really ain't no use in stopping
D E
What nobody never told me not to do
A F#m
So I'll keep people watching, watching me now
D E
Finding my way back to you
[Post-Chorus]
F#m D7
And we're as lonely as we want it to be
F#m D7
We're all as lonely as we want it to be
F#m D7
Just as lonely as we want it to be
E
I'm just you, you're just me
F#m D7
It's only true if we believe
[Bridge]
C#m A7 A7sus4 A7
I see so many feet going so many ways
C#m A7 A7sus4 A7
People passing by, they got nothing to say
G#7 F#m
All on our own, just watching and confused
B
But if nobody told me what to do
E
I can't stop breaking all the rules
[Chorus]
A F#m
Now, I'm just people watching
D E
Other people watching me
A F#m
We're all people watching
D E
Other people watching we
[Last Post-Chorus]
A F#m
And we're as lonely as we want it to be
D E
We're not so lonely as we want it to be
A F#m
I'm just as lonely as I want it to be, not so lonely
D E
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
[Outro] (same as Intro)
A F#m D E
e|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
B|-------7/9-|-7---|-----|-----------------------|
G|-4/6-------|-----|-4\2-|-4/9--9-7--7-6--6-4--4-|
D|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------| x2
A|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
E|-----------|-----|-----|-----------------------|
A
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-4/6~~-|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|People Watching chords and lyrics
Free chords for People Watching by Jack Johnson. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
[Chorus] [Post-Chorus] [Interlude] (same as Intro) | A | F#m | D | E | x2 [Verse] [Post-Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus] [Last Post-Chorus]
People Watching Chords by Jack Johnson
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