[B  G#  D#  B  B  G#  B] 

1. [B]Have you heard the [G#]news, that's [D#]going 'round here[B]
[B]The man in ch[G#]arge has got to go[B]

2. Cause he dances 'round, the problem, boy
and the problem is the man in charge, you know

3. Now the young knows what, I'm a talkin' 'bout
it's a con in the old man's game

4. The man in charge he don't, know what he's doin'
He don't know, the world has changed

R: [D#]The power seems to be[F], s[B]o f[G#]ar u[D#]
[B]The man on the[G#] street ain't got a clue[B]

5. The high top cats, runnin' your life
Thinks the problem is uh, me and you

(piano solo)

6. Born in a time, that has gone by
The old tell the young what to do

7. Have you heard the news, that's going 'round 
/: The problem is the man in charge of you :/

(guitar solo)
  
R: The power seems to be, so far up ...

[Bb  Ab  Eb  Bb  Bb  Ab  Bb] 

*: [B]Have you heard the n[G#]ews, t[D#]hat's a goin' 'round he[B]re
[B]The man in [G#]charge has to go[B]
The man in charge has got to go
The man in charge got to go