Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand Diana Ross - 1970 3/4 F C G G F C G Em C / G / C Reach out and touch somebody’s hand make this world a better place / G Em C / G / if you can. Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world C / G a better place if you can.

Bm Em G C C+ If you can just try, take a little time out of your busy day, to give Am7/C D9 Bm Em encouragement, to someone who’s lost the way. Or would I G C C+ Am7/C D9 Dm7 be talking to a stone, if I asked you to share a problem that’s not E7 G C Em Am7 NC your own. We can change things if we start giving. Why don’t you

Em C / G / C Reach out and touch somebody’s hand make this world a better place / G Em C / G / if you can. Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world C / G a better place if you can.

Bm Em G C If you can, just try. If you see an old friend on the street, and he’s C+ Am7/C D9 Bm Em G down, remember his shoes could fit your feet. Try a little kindness C C+ Am7/C D9 Dm7 E7 G you will see it’s something that comes very naturally. We C Em Am7 NC can change things if we start giving. Why don’t you, (why don’t you) Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand (cont.)

Em C / G / C Reach out and touch somebody’s hand make this world a better place / G Em C / G / if you can. Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world C / G a better place if you can. (repeat and fade)

After being the lead singer for The Supremes for a decade, this song was the debut solo single of singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970. It was also recorded by The Supremes with Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. Diana Ross performed this as the finale for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, 2008. It was sung by Vicki McClure for 2.5 billion people during the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in L.A. Diana Ross performed it for the closing of Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope in 2005. 6/28/2020