Intro: A   E  D A E 

A              D                               A  E  D A E 
Man by himself lives in a world a world of his own  
A                          D                      E 
But there's no one who can live in the world all alone  

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       A         D        E 
For it takes all kinds of people  
   D                     E 
It doesn't matter where they come from  
       A         D        E 
Yes it takes all kinds of people  
    D                  E 
The good, the bad, and everyone  

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Bb               D#                    F        Bb  F  D# Bb F     
On the way up, a man can walk over his friends  
Bb                           D#                    F 
What goes up comes down, one day he may need them again  

Chorus (in Bb) 

F                          Bb                  F  C  Bb C F 
There'll come the day when everyone passes him by  
F                     Bb                 C  
What will he say when nobody answers his cry?  

         F        Bb       C 
That it takes all kinds of people  
           Bb                     C 
It doesn't matter where they come from  
        F        Bb       D 
Yes it takes all kinds of people  
   C                      Dm 
It may take some time but each man will find  
        C         F        G  
That he needs all kinds of people  
        C      F        G 
That he must believe in people  
       C         F        G                C  F  G 
Yes it takes all kinds of people to make a world