Chords with lyrics
Notes:
D*:0 5 4 0 3 0
F*: F to Fsus2 to F
Intro: D* C (do this 3 times.)
G Gsus (do this twice)
C
Grandpa said to cousin jed
F C
Sittin' on the porch,
G
"i won't retire
F*
but i might retread
C
Seems like that guy singin' this song
F C
Been doin' it for a long time
G
Is there anything he knows
F*
that he ain't said?
C F
Sing a song for freedom
C F
Sing a song for love
C F
Sing a song for depressed angels
C
Falling from above"
G* F G* F G* F G* F
C Csus C Csus
C
Grandpa held the paper
F C
Pretendin' he could see
G F*
but he couldn't read without his glasses on
C
"how can all these people
F C
Afford so many things?
when i was young
G F*
people wore what they had on...and mama said
C F
'a little love and affection
C F
In everything you do
C F
Will make the world a better place
C
With or without you'"
G*
a little love and affection
F
In everything you do
G* F G* F
C Csus C Csus C Csus C Csus
C
Slammin' down a late night shot
F C
The hero and the artist compared
G
Goals and visions and afterthoughts
F
For the 21st century
C
But mostly came up with nothin'
F C
So the truth was never learned
G F
And the human race just kept rollin' on
C F
Rollin' through the fighting
C F
Rollin' through the religious wars
C F
Rollin' down the temple walls
C
And the church's exposed sores
G*
rollin' through the fighting
F
The religious wars
G*
mostly came up with nothin'
F G* F G* F
C Csus C Csus C Csus C Csus
C
"grandpa here's your glasses
F C
You'll see much better now,"
C G F*
said that young girl of edith and earl's
C
But grandpa just kept starin'
F C
He was lost in some distant thought
then he turned and said
G F Fsus2 F
To that young girl
C F
"a little love and affection
C F
In everything you do
C F
Will make the world a better place
C
With or without you"
G*
with or without you
F
A better place
G*
with or without you
F
With or without you
G* F
C
Hear that rooster crowin'
F
Down on the double e
it's a new morning
G F*
dawning on the green
C
Bouncing off the towers
F
And the sun's heading down for the streets
the business meeting
G F*
window shades are drawn
C F
Another morning edition
C F
Headed for the porch
C F
Because grandma puts down the paper
C
Before grandpa raises his fork
G*
a little love and affection
F
In everything you do
G* F
A Better Place
G*
hear the rooster crowing
F
Down on the double e
C Csus C Csus C Csus C
C Csus Csus(Repeat till end)