People

Words & Music by Bob Merrill & Jule Styne
Recorded by Barbra Streisand, 1964 (#5)
From the movie "Funny Girl"


 A9    A	  D9  E7	E7/6 D9	E7   A9     A  D9
Peo - ple,     peo - ple who need peo - ple

Bm7-5  E7  Asus4  A   A9  D9    A  Fdim A    C#7   F#7
 Are   the luck - i - est peo - ple in the world;

Fdim	F#m/E   F#m  Bm7-5       Fdim    F#m/E   F#m 
We're chil - dren, need - ing oth - er chil - dren,

         Am    A9  Am   B7        E
And yet let - ting our grown-up pride

 F,         Am6  Cdim   E
Hide all the need  in - side

G#m       F#m7 Edim  B7              Bm7-5   E7    Bm7  Cdim  Edim  E7/9
Act - ing more like chil - dren than chil - dren.


A9    A	D9       E7  E7/6  D9    E7   A9    A     D9
Lov - ers    are  ver - y   spe - cial peo - ple;

Bm7-5   E7  Asus4  A   A9  D9    A  Fdim A    Em7   A7/9
They're the luck - i - est peo - ple in the world 

A9   A7/9     D9  Bm  F#7     Em7     Edim       F#7
With one  person,         one ve - ry spe - cial per - son,

  Edim   A7   D            D6   Dm6
A feel - ing deep in your soul

    Fdim E7    A                AM7        F#m	
Says you were half, now you're whole,

Cdim  E7    A        F#m7
 No  more hunger and thirst,

     Bm7       Fdim   E7         A9    A    A7
But first be a person who needs peo - ple;

Edim  A             D    D6    Dm6
Peo - ple who need peo - ple

Dm6 Fdim A9    A   F#m  D9    A  Bm7-5 E7-9  A      AM7   A7
Are the luck - i - est peo - ple  in    the world.


A9   A7/9     D9  Bm  F#7     Em7     Edim       Bm         Bm7
With one  person,         one ve - ry spe - cial per - son,

  Edim   A7   D            D6   Dm6
A feel - ing deep in your soul

    Fdim E7    A                AM7        F#m	
Says you were half, now you're whole,

Cdim  E7    A        F#m7
 No  more hunger and thirst,

     Bm7       Fdim   E7         A9    A    A7
But first be a person who needs peo - ple;

Edim  A             D    D6    Dm6
Peo - ple who need peo - ple

Dm6 Fdim A9    A   F#m  D9    A  Bm7-5 E7-9  A      F#m7   Bm7      E
Are the luck - i - est peo - ple  in    the world.


Requested by recent visitor Eugene Samsonov


 
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