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*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Cm)
Verse 1:
LAm
Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why
REm LAm
For if the children of Israel were to multi-ply
MI7 LAm MI7 LAm
Why must any of the child-ren die?
So he asked the Lord
MI
And the Lord said:
Chorus 1
LAm MI7 LAm MI7 LAm LA7
Man means nothing he means less to me
REm LA7
Than the lowliest cactus flower
REm LA7 REm
Or the humblest Yucca tree
LAm MI7
He chases round this desert
LAm DO7 FA7
'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be
LAm MI7 LAm MI7
That's why I love man-kind
LAm MI7 LAm MI7 LAm LA7
I recoil in horror from the foul-ness of thee
REm LA7 REm LA7 REm
From the squalor and the filth and the mise-ry
LAm MI7 LAm DO7 FA7
How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me
LAm MI7 LAm MI7
That's why I love man-kind
Verse 2:
LAm
The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
REm LAm
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
MI7
They picked their four greatest priests
LAm MI7 LAm
And they be-gan to speak
They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world
Lord, no man is free
REm
The temples that we built to you
LAm
Have tumbled into the sea
MI7
Lord, if you won't take care of us
LAm MI7 LAm
Won't you please, please let us be?"
LAm MI
And the Lord said
DO MI
And the Lord said
Chorus 2
LAm MI7 LAm LA7
I burn down your cities-how blind you must be
REm LA7
I take from you your children and you say
REm LA7 REm
How blessed are we
LAm MI7 LAm DO7 FA7
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
LAm MI7 LAm
That's why I love man-kind
REm
You really need me
LAm MI7 LAm
That's why I love man-kind
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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LAm REm MI7 LA7 MI DO7 FA7 DO
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 xx0231 020100 x02223 022100 x32310 132111 x32010
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