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The One by Leonard Sumner
The One
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
[Intro]
Am F C G
[Verse 1]
Am F
So what do I have to offer that ain't already been written
C G
Who should I believe, to whom should I listen
Am F
I got these people on the tv telling me it's all but over
C G
got the preacher man tellin me I should be afraid
Am F
cause Jesus on his way so I better start prayin
C G
but what about the pain of the words he's not sayin
Am F
got kids in Iraq being killed by the president
C G
kids on the rez where suicide is evident
Am F
and politicians make it seem like it's all irrelevant
C G
until the next election comes, then it's on their regiment
Am F
dirty po-lice, murderers in uniform
C G
killin my peeps and then fillin out the proper forms
Am F
and I ain't even trippin, I know everyone ain't innocent
C G
but I thought we had rights in this country that we livin in
Am F
I guess I wouldn't know, cause to you I'm just an indian
C G
you'd rather see me fail in life and end up in imprisonment
[Chorus]
Am F
But how can you just look at me with judgement in your eyes?
C G
You ain't seen the ups and downs and struggles of my life and I've
Am F
been trying since birth just to break this curse
C G
but it just gets worse and worse and worse and
[Verse 2]
Am F
I used to be the one running round feelin down on my luck
C G
a young boy with a criminals touch
Am F
I didn't know no better I was living it up
C G
and if I wasn't gettin' down I was getting a rush
Am F
out of somethin that I shouldn't do, wouldn't you?
C G
After all it's the shit that they tell you that you couldn't do
Am F
but I made it through and imma get mine
C G
even if it means ropin' dopin' through them tough times
Am F
damn this rez life, it's gettin dirty dirty
C G
hardcore depression like I'm livin in the dirty thirties
Am F
and even kids now they got them 30-30s
C G
ready to blast at a party, man it isn't purty
Am F
I know you heard me but are you listenin
C G
threw the bottles, gettin smashed just like it was a christenin
Am F
just put the whiskey in, a cup and mix it in
C G
with the words I'm speaking and you seem a lot like christians
[Chorus]
Am F
But how can you just look at me with judgement in your eyes?
C G
You ain't seen the ups and downs and struggles of my life and I've
Am F
been trying since birth just to break this curse
C G
but it just gets worse and worse and worse and
[Verse 3]
Am F
as the world turns I see my concerns
C G
are blowin in the wind like a fire when it burns
Am F
I'm a lion on the prowl, I'm the writing on the wall
C G
I'm the trumpets that are blasting as your gaze begins to fall
Am F
I'm a dynamite explosion, the wind that brings erosion
C G
the middle of the ocean when your ship just sank
Am F
I'm the heat of the desert when you got no drank
C G
I'm the tip of the top I'm the tick of the clock
Am F
when you got a minute left and your heart's about to stop
C G
I'm the right, I'm the wrong, I'm the lyrics to this song
Am F
I'm the answer to the questions you've been askin all along
C G
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
[Chorus]
Am F
how can you just look at me with judgement in your eyes?
C G
You ain't seen the ups and downs and struggles of my life and I've
Am F
been trying since birth just to break this curse
C G
but it just gets worse and worse and worse and
Am F
how can you just look at me with judgement in your eyes?
C G
You ain't seen the ups and downs and struggles of my life and I've
Am F
been trying since birth just to break this curse
C G
but it just gets worse and worse and worse yeah
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