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Oh, a thousand marching armies and a million marching men
                                   E           A
Have won the wide world over and lost it back again,
  D                            G            D 
But now the word has gone to ev'ry fallen land,
              A                 D
That this old world is changing hands.

 D                                   G                D
From the master to the servant, from the owner to the slave,
                                   E           A
Colonial days are buried in a deep and dirty grave.
D                            G            D 
It's so easy to see and well to understand
              A                 D
That this old world is changing hands.

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Washington and Jefferson and Patrick Henry too,
                                         E                 A
They knew what they were doing when they started something new.
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It was in this giant land of ours that it all began
              A                 D
When this old land was changing hands.

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And when World War Two was rollin' by, the tide was on its way.
                                    E                 A
Many countries had to listen to the words they had to say,
        D                                  G            D 
And the word was spread by millions, all of yellow, black, and tan,
              A                 D
That this old world is changing hands.

 D                        G                D
Now Africa and Asia and the Caribbean shore
                             E            A
No longer can be counted as the spoils of war.
  D                                            G            D 
They were bought and sold together; now together they will stand,
              A                 D 
For this old world is changing hands.