Tom: G
G
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------| Play with the G during the verse
D|-------------------------------------|
A|---3---3---2---2---0---0---2---2-|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
C
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------| Play with the C during the verse
D|---3---3---2---2---0---0---2---2-|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Verse]
G
The girl in the park lays deadly still she's up on the top the top of the hill
C G
She's got all of the things you read about and all of the things you have to live without... Hey
G
At the end of the block there's a family of four they got food on the table and little more
C G
And everyday they work and save just to keep the hunger away... Hey
[Chorus]
C D
And they hear...
Em G D Em G D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C G
Do you know what I mean?
[Verse]
G
Kids on the block in the summer heat they got little to do and less to eat
C G
And they watch the water running by and at night they lay in bed and they just want to cry... Hey
G
In a black car under a skyscraper sits a big man he's a money maker
C G
He's got all the things you ever wanted and none of the things you ever taught to me... Hey
[Chorus]
C D
And they hear...
Em G D Em G D Em G D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C G
Do you know what I mean?
[Verse]
G
In a three flat in the suburbs there's mom and a dad and boy and his girl
C G
And they gotta car in the garage and everything else that Uncle Sam will let them sign for... Hey
G
In a big town of a hundred thou' theres a here, a tomorrow, a day, and an hour
C G
And they're building up and cashing in I can see it in their faces I can smell it in there fumes... Hey
[Chorus]
C D
And they hear...
Em G D Em G D Em G D Em G D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C G
Do you know what I mean?
