E|E|----------|| Simple acoustic version for easy strumming E|E|----------|| Capo 5th Intro Em / Em7 / Em / Emadd9 Em Jimmy got nothing made himself a name Em7 With a gun that he polished for a rainy day Em A smile and a quote from a vigilante movie Emadd9 Am7 Our boy Jimmy just blew them all away He said it made him crazy Em Twenty five years living hand to mouth Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth Em Sweet little baby on a big white doorstep Em7 She needs her mother but her mother is dead Em Just another hooker that the lucky can forget Emadd9 Just another hooker Am7 It happens everyday She loved her little baby But she couldn't bear to see her living Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth Cmaj7 Bm I believe in the gods of America Cmaj7 Bm I believe in the land of the free Am7 But no one told me (No one told me) Em That the gods believe in nothing D So with empty hands I pray Bm And from day to hopeless day Em They still don't see me (See me) Everybody talks about the new generation Jump on the wagon or they'll leave you behind But no one gave a thought to the rest of the nation Like to help you buddy, but I haven't got the time Somebody shouted save me And everybody started living hand to mouth Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth There's a big white lady On a big white doorstep She asked her daddy and her daddy said 'yes' Has to give a little for the dollars that we get Has to give a little They say it's for the best Somebody shouted Maybe But they kept on living from hand to mouth Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth So she ran to the arms of America And she kissed the powers that be And someone told me (Someone told me) That the gods believe in nothing So with empty hands I pray And I tell myself One day They just might see me