We Are The World is a song/charity single made back in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and sung by many different artists. It was released on March 7, 1985 in hopes of earning money for the families starving in Africa and the U.S. As of 2010, We Are The World has sold over 20 million copies and has made over $64 million dollars. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [P.S] This is my first chord chart/tab submission so feedback would be appreciated. (: Email: thepandamusik@null.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Song Title: We are the World Artists: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and many others. Album: We Are The World Year Produced: 1985 Standard Tuning Capo 2 [VERSE 1]

^DThere comes a time when we he^Ged a cert^Aain ca^Dll When the w^Gorld must c^Aome together as o^Dne There are ^Bmpeople dying And it's time^F#m to lend a hand ^GTo life The greatest gift of a^All

^DWe can't go on ^Gpretending ^Aday by ^Dday That some^Gone, some^Ahow will soon make a ^Dchange We're ^Bmall a part of God's ^F#mgreat big family And the ^Gtruth You know ^G/Blove is all we ne^Aed

[CHORUS]

We are the w^Gorld^A, we are the chi^Dldren We are the o^Gnes who make a brighter ^Aday so let's start ^Dgiving There's a ^Bmchoice we're making we're^F#m saving our own lives It's ^Gtrue we'll make a better ^Aday just you and ^Dme

[VERSE 2]

^DWell, send'em you your ^Aheart So they ^Gknow that someone ^Dcares And their ^Glives will ^Abe stronger and ^Dfree As ^BmGod has shown us, by^F#m turning stone to bread ^GAnd so we all, must ^G/Blend a helping ^Ahand

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

When you're do^A#wn and out there se^Cems no hope at ^Dall But if you jus^A#t believe there's n^Co way we can fa^Dll Well, well, well, let's ^Bmrealize that a ^F#mchange can only come When ^Gwe Stand together as ^Aone

[CHORUS x3-5]

[FADE OUT NEAR ENDING]

Michael Jackson - We are the world