Why The Man In Black Sings The Blues

Intro: G A D

          D           G               D             G
There's a drug dealer selling to your children everyday
            D                           A
He's rotten evil, but he ain't nobody's fool
     D                 G
He's dealin' death and livin' high
D                    G
Off your hard-earned pay,
G                     A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

G                     A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues
E                        E7              A7
Why should children, why should women be abused
           G            A                D               G
There's so precious few among us walking in the Savior's shoes
G                     A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

G A D

      D                G          D                 G
We've got to stamp out hunger all around the planet Earth
      D             G              A
We've got to be our weapons in the clouds
      D                G
We've got to ban these bombs I say,
      D                G
We've got to save our lives
                       A
We've got to do it all startin' now
       G              A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues
        E              E7                 A7
Why the farmer and his crops we're saving too
   G             A                 D                  G
So every workin' stiff across this land won't have to lose
       G              A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

G A D

    D          G             D              G
The first Americans were the riskiest human beings
     D                                    A
They saved us all that first Thanksgiving Day
         D             G             D              G
Like the older folks behind, walkin' in the welfare line
      G                                  A
Their trail of tears grows longer by the way
       G              A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues
    E               E7        A7
Why should any human being be abused
        G               A                D               G
There's so precious few among us walking in the Savior's shoes
       G              A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues
       G              A               D
That's why The Man In Black sings the blues

Outro: G A D