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Verse:
SOL
That young boy without a name
SOL
anywhere, I'd know his face.
G (Em*) | * If solo acoustic, Em sounds better
In the city, than just playing 4 bars of G, but
G (Em) | “do as you see fit.”
The kid's my favorite. I’ve
DO
seen him, seen him.
RE SOL
Oh, I see him every day.
SOL
SOL SOL
I’ve seen him run outside looking for a place to hide
SOL (Em) SOL (Em)
from his father, the kid half naked made me
DO RE SOL
say to myself, “Oh, what's the matter here?"
SOL
I am...
Chorus
DO RE SOL (Em)
tired of the ex-c-u-s-e-s everybody uses, he's their
DO RE SOL
kid, (so) I stay out of it, but..
DO RE SOL (Em)
who gave you the right to do
DO
this?
Verse:
SOL
We live on Morgan Street,
just ten feet between.
(Em)
And his mother,
I never see her, but her
DO
screams and curses,
RE SOL
I hear them every day.
SOL
SOL
Threats like: "If you don't mind
I will beat on your behind,"
(Em)
"Slap you, I’ll
slap you silly." Made me
DO
say-ay-ay-ay,
RE SOL
“Oh, what's the matter here?!" I’m..
Chorus 2
DO RE SOL (Em)
tired of the exc-u-s-e-s everybody uses, he's your
DO RE SOL
kid, (so) do as you see fit, but
DO RE SOL (Em)
get this through that I don't approve of what you
DO RE SOL
did to your own flesh and blood.
Solo: (over) G |C D |
Chorus 3
DO RE SOL (Em)
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your
DO RE SOL
kid, so do as you see fit, but
DO RE SOL (Em)
get this through that I don't approve of what you
DO RE SOL
did to your own flesh and blood.
Interlude:
MIm SOL DO SOL
"If you don't sit in your chair straight, I’ll
MIm SOL DO SOL
take this belt from around my waist and
MIm SOL DO SOL
don't you think that I won't use it!"
(chorus chords continued through end)
DO RE SOL (Em)
Answer me and take your time, what could be the awful crime he
DO RE SOL
could do at so young an age? And if I’m the
DO RE SOL (Em)
only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance
DO RE SOL
out what I see and what I hear. Ohhh, these
DO RE SOL (Em)
cold and cruel things that you do, I sup(pose)
DO RE SOL
you do them because he belongs to you. And, in-st(ead)
DO RE SOL (Em)
of love and the feeling of warmth, you offer him these cuts and sores that
DO RE SOL
don’t heal with time or with age.
DO RE SOL
And, I want to say I want to
(switch to chorus chords played like verse endings)
DO
say-ay-ay-ay
RE SOL
“Oh, what’s the matter here?!” But, I don’t dare
DO
say-ay-ay-ay
RE SOL
“What’s the matter here?!” No, I don’t dare
DO
say-ay-ayyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyy
D G (1 strum, let ring)
-AYYYYY! it.
Chords - suggested variants in parens “()”:
G = 320003 (320033)
D = x00232
C(add9) = x32010 (x32033 or x32030)
Em(7) = 022000 (022033 or 022030)
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