Tom: G
G
You can go to war when your 18
C
But, you can't buy a beer
G
You can launch missles from a submarine
A D
But, you can't buy a pistol, here
G
You can breathe chemical weapon fumes
C
But, they don't want you to smoke
G
So, when you're shootin' up a car in Baghdad
D G
Don't order a Rum & Coke
G
You can have sex when you're 17
C
You just can't have a cigarette
G
You ain't old enough for a slot-machine
A D
Or to lay down a football bet
G
But, they'll take you at the clinic when you're 15
C
And your folks don't have to know
G
Or you can take Penicillin
D G
Just don't watch people gettin' naked on vide o
C
You can be governor at at 21
G
Or a president at 35
You can be the senator from South Carolina
A D
If you can just stay al ive
G
They'll throw you in with sharks when your 12 years old
C
And teach you to scubadive
G
But, when you're 94, and can't see anymore more
D G
They'll still let you drive
C
Just don't get caught with no beer in your hand
G
If you just turned 18
They don't mind you ownin' a big old torch
A D
And a gallon of gasol ine
G
You just can't buy smokes at the liquor store
C
Or ya'll will both go to jail
G
But, they'll sell you the rope
So you can hang yourself
D D
While you're listenin' to Nine Inch Nails
G
It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world
C
It's a sorry world when you can raise youngens
D G
But, you can't smoke a Marlbor o
G
It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world
C
It's a sorry world when you're 17
D G
But, you can't call a call-girl
