Verse:
GThat young boy without a name
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
seen him, seen him.
D GOh, I see him every day.
G
I’ve seen him run outside looking for a place to hide
G (Em) G (Em)from his father, the kid half naked made me
C D Gsay to myself, “Oh, what's the matter here?"
I am...
Chorustired of the ex-c-u-s-e-s everybody uses, he's their
C D Gkid, (so) I stay out of it, but..
C D G (Em)who gave you the right to do
this?
Verse:
GWe live on Morgan Street,
just ten feet between.
(Em)And his mother,
I never see her, but her
Cscreams and curses,
I hear them every day.
GG
Threats like: "If you don't mind
I will beat on your behind,"
(Em)"Slap you, I’ll
slap you silly." Made me
Csay-ay-ay-ay,
“Oh, what's the matter here?!" I’m..
tired of the exc-u-s-e-s everybody uses, he's your
kid, (so) do as you see fit, but
C D G (Em)get this through that I don't approve of what you
C D Gdid to your own flesh and blood.
Solo: (over) G |C D |
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your
kid, so do as you see fit, but
C D G (Em)get this through that I don't approve of what you
C D Gdid to your own flesh and blood.
Interlude:
Em G C G"If you don't sit in your chair straight, I’ll
Em G C Gtake this belt from around my waist and
don't you think that I won't use it!"
(chorus chords continued through end)
C D G (Em)Answer me and take your time, what could be the awful crime he
could do at so young an age? And if I’m the
C D G (Em)only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance
C D Gout what I see and what I hear. Ohhh, these
cold and cruel things that you do, I sup(pose)
C D Gyou do them because he belongs to you. And, in-st(ead)
C D G (Em)of love and the feeling of warmth, you offer him these cuts and sores that
don’t heal with time or with age.
C D GAnd, I want to say I want to
(switch to chorus chords played like verse endings)
Csay-ay-ay-ay
D G“Oh, what’s the matter here?!” But, I don’t dare
say-ay-ay-ay
D G“What’s the matter here?!” No, I don’t dare
Csay-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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