Intro: G A D 
 
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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  
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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