Selfishness In Man chords by George Jones

Intro
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I saw a little beam of sunlight steal across a purple sky
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And bend down to kiss a rosebud, oh, it made me wanna cry
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To think that I had been per mitted to see a part of nature's plan
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Oh, there's nothin' that stands out more than the selfishness in man

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Little children paintin' pictures of the birds and apple trees
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Oh, why can't the grown up people have the faith of one of these
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And to think those tiny fingers might be come a killer's hand
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Oh, there's nothing that stands out more than the selfishness in man.

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Why can't we see the folly and the uselessness of hate
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Love could lead to under standing maybe it's not loo late
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Then per haps in His great wisdom we might learn to under stand
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Then there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness in man.

Instrumental
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Then per haps in his great wisdom we might learn to under stand
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Then there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness in man