What THey Say - Chris Smithers (D)

[Intro]
D G D A D
 
[Verse 1]
D
They say the good die young but it ain't for certain.
G
I bin good all day. I ain't hurtin'.
D
Not in any way.
                   A
I'm too old to die young.
D
I shouldn't talk too loud.
                           G
Bad luck is preying on the proud ones.
                                D
There's nothin' like lying in a graveyard
A
To teach you to hold your tongue.
 
[Interlude]
D G D A D
 
[Verse 2]
D
They say the Devil was an angel back in the beginnin'
G                              D
So was I. Nobody's pinnin' any hopes on me.
                         A
I ain't sayin' that they ought'a.
         D                                           G
I didn't wanna change but the road kept slidin' in a funny way
G                       D
And I kept ridin' on it anyway.
A                         D
Sometimes you do what you gott'a.
 
[Bridge]
D              A
What they say. What they do.
G                            D
They'll swear it is. They'll think it's true.
                                      A
When they think at all but they ain't willin'.
        D                                G
If they cain't think of what to say, they talk anyway.
                 D            A              D
It's all cliché, fast food for the brain but not too fillin'.
 
[Interlude]
D G D A D
 
[Verse 3]
D
They say time and tide will wait for no-one.
G                                    D
The time it takes one tide to go one time
                                 A
Around the world would leave you spinnin'
D
But the race is on between the tide
G
And the people livin' right beside it.
D                  A                 D
No-one's drownin' yet but they ain't winnin'.
 
[Outro]
D                     A
If words were wisdom, we'd all speak
G                   D
And smarten up from week to week
                                              A
Just sayin' "live and learn". There's nothin' to it.
D
Friends in need are friends indeed
G
But the friends who think of what we need
D                   A         D
They hardly talk at all. They just do it.
D                   A         D            A D
They hardly talk at all. They just do it.


        

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