| G | |
| grandpa said to cousin jed |
| C | G | |
| sittin' on the po | rch, |
| D | |
| "i won't retire |
| C* |
| but i might retread |
| G | |
| seems like that guy singin' this song |
| C | G | |
| been doin' it for a l | ong time |
| D | |
| is there anything he knows |
| C* |
| that he ain't said? |
| G | C | |
| sing a song for fr | eedom |
| G | C | |
| sing a song for lo | ve |
| G | C | |
| sing a song for d | epressed angels |
| G | |
| falling from | above" |
| D* C D* C D* C D* C |
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus |
| G | |
| grandpa held the paper |
| C | G | |
| pretendin' he could | see |
| D C* |
| but he couldn't read without his glasses on |
| G | |
| "how can all these people |
| C | G | |
| afford so many th | ings? |
| when i was young |
| D C* |
| people wore what they had on...and mama said |
| G | C | |
| 'a | little love and af | fection |
| G | C | |
| in everything you | do |
| G | C | |
| will make the world a b | etter place |
| G | |
| with or withou | t you'" |
| D* |
| a little love and affection |
| C | |
| in everything you do |
| D* C D* C |
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus |
| G | |
| slammin' down a late night shot |
| C | G | |
| the hero and the artist co | mpared |
| D | |
| goals and visions and aft | erthoughts |
| C | |
| for the 21st century |
| G | |
| but mostly came up with nothin' |
| C | G | |
| so the truth was never learn | ed |
| D | C | |
| and the human race just kept r | ollin' on |
| G | C | |
| rollin' through the fi | ghting |
| G | C | |
| rollin' through the religious w | ars |
| G | C | |
| rollin' down the temple | walls |
| G | |
| and the church's exposed | sores |
| D* |
| rollin' through the fighting |
| C | |
| the religious wars |
| D* |
| mostly came up with nothin' |
| C D* C D* C |
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus |
| G | |
| "grandpa here's your glasses |
| C | G | |
| you'll see much better n | ow," |
| G D C* |
| said that young girl of edith and earl's |
| G | |
| but grandpa just kept starin' |
| C | G | |
| he was lost in some distant th | ought |
| then he turned and said |
| D | C | Csus2 | C | |
| to that young gi | rl |
| G | C | |
| "a little love and aff | ection |
| G | C | |
| in everything you | do |
| G | C | |
| will make the world a better p | lace |
| G | |
| with or without y | ou" |
| D* |
| with or without you |
| C | |
| a better place |
| D* |
| with or without you |
| C | |
| with or without you |
| D* C |
| G | |
| hear that rooster crowin' |
| C | |
| down on the double e |
| it's a new morning |
| D C* |
| dawning on the green |
| G | |
| bouncing off the towers |
| C | |
| and the sun's heading down for the streets |
| the business meeting |
| D C* |
| window shades are drawn |
| G | C | |
| another morning ed | ition |
| G | C | |
| headed for the po | rch |
| G | C | |
| because grandma puts down the p | aper |
| G | |
| before grandpa raises his f | ork |
| D* |
| a little love and affection |
| C | |
| in everything you do |
| D* C |
| A Better Place |
| D* |
| hear the rooster crowing |
| C | |
| down on the double e |
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| G | Gsus G | su | s(Repe | at | till | end) |