G                                             C
I went to the Ukraine they don't have much to eat
                Ami                       G
no sugar on the table but the people stay sweet
G                                                    C
I've been to the third world they've got nothing but hope
                         Ami                          G
through the starving and dying sometimes somehow they cope
           Ami              C                        G
it was a revelation - a revelation - a revelation to me
G                                          C
I've been to the u.s. promised land of the free
                      Ami                       G
with the workless and homeless begging on every street
             Ami            C                        G
it was a revelation - a revelation - a revelation to me
D   G                Emi A
revelation, it was a revelation
G C
  and right here I an Europe far as can be seen
                     Ami                            G
butter mountains and wine lakes that much food it's obscene
G                                              C
now you can label me stupid or naive with this song
                      Ami                                     G
but when children are starving i know what's right and what's wrong
             Ami            C                        G
it was a revelation - a revelation - a revelation to me
D   G                Emi A       F   C              Ami G
revelation, it was a revelation, revelation, it was a revelation
             F                       C
it was a revelation, a revelation to me.