The Git Go chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm
Lord it’s always been that way


Verse:

DmDm               A augmentedA          DmDm
Woman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite
DmDm                       A augmentedA
Anything that good, God knows, just had to be right
DmDm
Well they woke up naked with a big headache,
G minorGm               DmDm
He been done in by a slippery snake,
DmDm            A augmentedA             DmDm
a man and a woman get to live a while and then they die

Chorus:

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm
Lord it’s always been that way


Verse:

DmDm             A augmentedA       DmDm
Politicians make promises that they can’t keep
DmDm                         A augmentedA
They keep printin’ money ‘till they get in way too deep
DmDm
It’s the same old lesson, they never learn,
G minorGm                   DmDm
They’re too busy workin’ on their next term
DmDm            A augmentedA          DmDm
Politicians keep makin’ fools out of you and me

Chorus:

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm
Lord it’s always been that way


Verse:

DmDm              A augmentedA       DmDm
Money breeds war, as long as there’s a man alive
DmDm                      A augmentedA
Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight
DmDm                G minorGm
High-rollers crap out every time, roll a soldier’s bones like loaded dice
DmDm          A augmentedA          DmDm
War is the beast that makes every mother cry


Chorus:

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm
Lord it’s always been that way


Verse:

DmDm             A augmentedA       DmDm
He told the truth, and they hung him up to die
DmDm                 A augmentedA
The son of God who created you and I
DmDm
He said it in the Good Book with letters in red
G minorGm                    DmDm
But we keep on forgettin’ every thing He said
DmDm            A augmentedA         DmDm
Jesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I


Chorus:

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm
Lord it’s always been that way

DmDm               G minorGm
It’s been that way since the git go,
G minorGm                DmDm
It’s been that way since the git go
DmDm                  G minorGm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,
         A augmentedA     DmDm