Dear Mr. Man

What's (G)wrong (Bm7)with the world (E7#5)today?

(G)Things just got to get (Bm7)better.

(G)"Dear Mis Sho' Man, ain't

(Bm7)what the leaders (E7#5)say.

(G)Maybe we should write a (Bm7)letter,

(E7#5)said, (Am9)"Dear Mister (G)Man,

(Bm7)we don't (E7#5)understand

(Am9)why poor people keep (G)struggling but (Bm7)you don't lend a helping (E7#5)hand.

(Am9)Matthew 5:

5 (G)say, 'the (Bm7)meek shall inherit the (E7#5)earth.'

We (Am9)wanna be down that (G)way,

but you been (Bm7)trippin' since the day of (E7#5)your birth."

Who (Am9)said (G)(Bm7)that to kill is a (E7#5)sin and (Am9)started ev'ry (G)single war (Bm7)that your people been (E7#5)in?

Who (Am9)said that (G)water is a (Bm7)precious (E7#5)commodity,

then (Am9)dropped a big ol' (G)black oil slick (Bm7)in the deep blue (E7#5)sea?

Who (Am9)told (G)Mister Man that (Bm7)working 'round the (E7#5)clock will (Am9)buy me a big house (G)in the hood with (Bm7)cigarette ads on (E7#5)ev'ry block?

Who (Am9)told me

(G)Mister Man (Bm7)that I got a right to (E7#5)moan?

(Am9)How 'bout this (G)big ol' hole in the (Bm7)ozone?

(Am9)Ain't no sense in (G)voting;

same (Bm7)song with a diff'rent (E7#5)name.

(Am9)Might not be in the (G)back of the bus,

but it (Bm7)sure feels just the (E7#5)same.

Ain't (Am9)nothin' fair 'bout (G)awelfare, ain't (Bm7)no assistance in (E7#5)AIDS.

(Am9)Ain't nothin' 'firmative (G)about your actions (Bm7)'til the people get (E7#5)paid.

Your (Am9)thousand years are (G)up;

(Bm7)now you got to share the (E7#5)land.

Section (Am9)one, the fourteenth (G)amendment says,

"No (Bm7)state shall deprive any (E7#5)person of life,

(Am9)liberty or property (G)without due process of (Bm7)law,"

(E7#5)Mister Man.

(Am9)We want to end this (G)letter with three (Bm7)words:

We tired (E7#5)o'y'all.

(G)What's wrong (E7#5)with the world today?

(G)Things just got to get (E7#5)better.

(G)What's wrong (E7#5)with the world today?

(G)Things just got to get (E7#5)better.