| C | Bbmaj7 | C | |
| Uh uh | uhuhuhuhu | h (2X) |
| C | Bbmaj7 | C | |
| The school board won't let him | come to school no | more |
| (No more, mo more, no more) |
| Bbmaj7 | D# | |
| Unless he wears his | hair like he wore it be | fore |
| G | |
| (Wear his hair like he | wore it before) |
| F | G | G7 | |
| The | PTA and all the mothers say he ou | ght to lo | ok like the others |
| Chorus: |
| C | Em | F | C | |
| Home of the | brave, | land of the | free |
| F | G | C | |
| Oh, why won't they let him | be what he | wants to | be |
| The kids all laugh at his hair and funny clothes |
| (They know they hurt him so) |
| And more than once he's gone home with a bloody nose |
| (With a bloody nose) |
| He's not like them and they can't ignore it so they all hate him for it |
| Chorus |
| Em | F | |
| He never hurt nobody | that didn't do him wrong |
| Em | F | G | |
| Cause he's a little bit different te | ll me why t | hat's so wrong |
| Everybody says that I shouldn't take his part |
| (No, no, no, no, no, no) |
| But when they put him down, how it breaks my heart |
| (It breaks my heart) |
| Instead of all the trouble they hand him why don't they try to understand him |
| Repeat Chorus 2x |
| Note: Bonnie & the Treasures version |
| by: José Duarte |
| jtduarte1@gmail.com |