| Intro: |
| Dadd2add4 | C | |
| / / / | / / / (play 3 times) |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Verse: |
| G | |
| Grandpa said to cousin Jed |
| C | G | |
| Sittin' on the | porch |
| G | D | C | |
| I won't retire | but I might re | tread |
| G | |
| Seems like that guy singin' this song |
| C | G | |
| Been doin it for a long | time |
| G | D | C | |
| Is there anything that he | knows that he ain't | said? |
| Chorus: |
| G | C | |
| Sing a song for free | dom |
| G | C | |
| Sing a song for | love |
| G | C | |
| Sing a song for de | pressed angels |
| C | G | |
| Falling from a | bove |
| (Repeat intro:) |
| Dadd2add4 / / / C / / / (play 4 times) |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Verse: |
| Grandpa held the paper |
| Pretending he could see |
| But he couldn't read without his glasses on |
| How can all these people |
| Afford so many things? |
| When i was young we wore what we had on? |
| Chorus: |
| Mama said |
| A little love and affection |
| In everything you do |
| Will make the world a better place |
| With or without you |
| Dadd2add4 | |
| A little love and affection |
| C | |
| in everything you do |
| Dadd2add4 | C | |
| A better place |
| Dadd2add4 | C | |
| A better place |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Verse: |
| Slammin' down some late night shots |
| The artist and the hero compare |
| Goals and visions and afterthoughts for the 21st century |
| But mostly came up with nothin' |
| And the truth was never learned |
| And the Human Race just kept rollin' on |
| Chorus: |
| Rollin' through the fighting |
| Rollin' through the religious wars |
| Rollin down the temple walls |
| And the Church's exposed sores |
| Dadd2add4 | |
| Rollin through the fightin', |
| C | |
| the religious wars |
| Dadd2add4 | C | |
| Mostly came up with nothin' |
| Harmonica break: |
| Dadd2add4 | C | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Verse: |
| Grandpa here's your glasses, |
| You'll see much better now |
| Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's |
| But Grandpa just kept starin', |
| He was lost in some distant thought |
| And he turned and he said to that young girl |
| Chorus: |
| A little love and affection |
| In everything you do |
| Will make the world a better place |
| With or without you |
| Dadd2add4 | |
| A little love and affection |
| C | |
| In everything you do |
| Dadd2add4 | |
| A better place |
| C | |
| With or without you |
| Harmonica break: |
| Dadd2add4 | C | Dadd2add4 | C | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Verse: |
| Hear the rooster crowing |
| Down on the double E |
| It's a new morning dawning on the green |
| Bouncing off the towers |
| The sun's heading down to the street |
| The morning businessman's window shades are drawn |
| Chorus: |
| Another morning edition |
| Coming to the porch |
| Because Grandma puts down the paper |
| Before Grandpa raises his fork |
| Dadd2add4 | |
| A little love and affection |
| C | |
| In everything you do |
| Dadd2add4 | C | |
| With or without you |
| Harmonica break: |
| Dadd2add4 | C | Dadd2add4 | |
| Hear the rooster crowing |
| C | |
| Down on the Double E |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | C/G | G |