Is It Like Today – World Party

Is It Like Today Chords

From the album: Bang!
Released: 20 April 1993

Verse 1

……………………..G    D               Am
Many years ago he looked out
…………………………………….Em
Through a glassless window
……………………………..G           D      Am
All that he could see was Babylon
………………………..G              D
Beautiful green fields and dreams
……..Am                                Em
And learn to measure the stars
…………………………..G        D          Am
But there was a worry in his heart
…………….Am
He said
………………………D                Am
How could it come to this ?
………………………………….D             Am
I’m really worried about living
……………………..D                Am
How could it come to this ?
…………………………………..D
Yeah, I really wanna know about
C
….. This

Verse 2

…………………G        D          Am
Is it like today? Uh, uh-uh
…………………………………G            D
Then there followed days of kings
..Am                     Em
Empires and revolution
………………………………G
Blood just looks the same
…………………..D              Am
When you open the veins
………………………………….G
But sometimes it was faith,
..D             Am                  Em
Power or reason as the cornerstone
…………………………..G
But the furrowed brow
……..D                     Am
Has never left his place
……………Am
He said
………………………D               Am
How could it come to this ?
……………………………..D               Am
We’re in living in a landslide
……………………….D                 Am
How could it come to this ?
…………………………………..D
Yeah, I really wanna know about
C
….. This

Verse 3

…………………G        D         Am
Is it like today? Uh, uh-uh
……………………………….G
Then there came a day
……..D   Am                                     Em
Man packed up, flew off from the planet
………………………….G
He went to the moon (to the moon)
..D          Am
To the moon
………………………….G            D
Now he’s out in space, hey,
..Am                   Em
Fixing all the problems
………………………………G     D       Am
He comes face to face with God
……………Am
He says
………………………D                Am
How could it come to this ?
…………………………………………….D      Am
I’m really worried ’bout my creation
………………………D                 Am
How could it come to this ?
……………………………………D                 C
You’re really killing me you know

……………………..G      D         Am
It isn’t just today Oh, oh-oh
…………………G        D         Am
Is it like today? Eh? oh-oh
…………………G       Am           G   D
Is it like today? Oh, bang
…Am    Em   G      D       Am
Ooh ……….. ahh …
……………………..G     D              Am
Many years ago he looked out
……………………………………Em
Through a glassless window
……………………..G        D                     Am
Didn’t understand much what he saw

End