Sum 41 - The People Vs…: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The People Vs…" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em
Another place another
time in new direction.
G
Maybe we can try to
D                  D#
find some peace of time.
Em
Might be just a bit
beyond our comprehension
G
Just some little case of
D                 D#
pulling teeth to find.

C
That day after day.
You see it's slipping
  D
away from your hands.
       B/D#
You've got to say

Chorus:
         Em
I know a bad man
       G
when I see his face
     D
And now we suffer as
     A
the human race.
            Em
And he's a bad man
      G
But I got faith
   D           A
to end his misery.
            Em G
He's got to go.
             D  A
He's got to go.
             C
He's got to go.
         D
Yeah And All I know.
This is no life for me

Well history repeats itself,
it's almost insignificant
Just another changing of the guard
And I've heard it all before,
it's nothing new, it's different
Still it's always hard to try and disregard

That day after day
You see it slipping away from your hands
You've got to say

Em
Show me the sign.
         C   G  D/F#
Give me motivation.
Em
Make me believe  that
        C       D
It's a passing trend.
Em
Sometimes I feel that
      C         G
we've all been hexed this
B
time Will this ever end?

Well day after day
You see it slipping away from your hands
You've got to say it now
There's no other way,
the price is too big to pay
It's about time we've got to say

Chorus:
I know a bad man when I see his face
And now we suffer as the human race
And he's a bad man, but I got faith
To end this misery, he's got to go
He's got to go, got to go, yeah
All I know, this is no life for me


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The People Vs…" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The People Vs…" by Sum 41.