Tom: G
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[Verse]
D
I ain't nothin' but a simple man,
C
they call me a redneck the recker that I am
G D
but these things goin' on make me mad down to the core.
D
Gotta work like a dog to make ends meet,
C
with those cookin' polititions and crime in the streets,
G D
I moderned hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.
D
Gotta tell our kids to just say no,
C
and some panny waist judje let a drug beater go
G D
slaps him on the wrist and turns him back onto the town.
D
I had my way with people selling dope
C
but take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
G D
and hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down.
[Chorus]
D
You know what's wrong with the world today,
C
people done gone put their bibles away
G D
they're livin' by law of jungle not the law of the land.
D
The good book says so I know its the truth
C
a nine for an eye and a two for a tooth
G D
you've gotta watch where you're goin' remember where you've been,
C D
that's the way I see it I'm a simple man.
[Verse]
D
I'm the kind of man that wouldn't hurt a mouse,
C
but if I catch somebody breakin' in my house,
G D
I've gotta 12 gage shotgun waiting on the other side.
D
So don't go pushin me against my will,
C
I don't want to have to bite you but I darn sure will.
G D
So if you don't want trouble you better just pass me on by.
D
As far I know there ain't no excuse
C
for the rapin' and the killin' and the child abuse
G D
and I've gotta way to put an end to all that mess.
D
You take them rascals out in the swamp,
C
put em' on their knees and tie em' to a stump
G D
let the raddlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest.
[Chorus]
D
You know what's wrong with the world today,
C
people done gone put their bibles away
G D
they're livin' by law of jungle not the law of the land.
D
The good book says so I know its the truth
C
a nine for an eye and a two for a tooth
G D
you've gotta watch where you're goin' remember where you've been,
C D
that's the way I see it I'm a simple man.
[Outro]
G D
You've gotta watch where you're goin' remember where you've been,
C D
that's the way I see it I'm a simple man.
