My Petition Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Dsus4][Gsus2][G][C][Am][C][Gsus2][G]
[C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I [C]just sat down to watch the game
When I heard the doorbell ring
An' I [Gm]wondered [G]who
in the [D]world [Bm]it could [G]be
[C]Through the peephole,
all that I saw there
Was a crooked cap on curly hair
An' [G]some kid [D]squintin'
back [G]at me[Gsus2][G]
I said, [Am]"If you're sellin' somethin'
Well, [D]I ain't buyin' nothin'
[G]But I [D]appreciate you stoppin' [Em]by"
Said, "I ain't [Am]askin' for a dime
just a [C]minute [Dsus4]of your t[D]ime
An' your [C]name here on
the dotted [D]line
Could you [C]sign my [G]petition?"
Had a [C]spiral notebook in his hand
Handed me a chewed up pen
An' [G]I ask you,
"What am [D]I signin' up f[G]or?"
[C]I scrolled down that wrinkled page
Saw a couple of neighbor's names
I kept [G]readin' [D]and I sat down on [G]the porch
It was a [Am]letter to the President
With [D]a list that numbered one to ten
[G]It said, "Make a law where
daddys don't work late
[D]Keep Uncle Joe an' those
soldiers [Dm]safe
Give those kids [F]on TV [C]all they want to eat
[G]Put a stop to bullies on the bus
[D]No crime, no waits, no hate, no drug[Dm]s
Give a jacket [F]and a job to
[C]people on the street"
I said, [Am]"Son,
sounds like [G]a world I'd like [C]to live in"
And I [D]signed [Dm]his petit[C]ion[G]
[C]He thanked me for my time
I headed back inside, grabbed [G]my beer
An' [D]got back to [G]the game
Thought by [C]now that boy,
he's three doors down
Here I am just sittin' [G]round
Waitin' [D]on the world [G]to change
[Am]Must've blocked the whole game out
[D]All that I could think about was
[G]Make a law where daddys don't work late
[D]Keep Uncle Joe an' those
[G]soldiers [F]safe
Give those kids on TV [C]all they want to [D]eat
[G]Put a stop to bullies on the bus
[D]No crime, no waits, no hate, [G]no drug[Dm]s
Give a blanket [F]and a job to [C]people
on the street"
An' I thought, [Am]"Man,
ain't that [G]a place I'd like [C]to live in"
[G]And I thank G[Am]od for that b[G]oy
that's out there fix[C]in'
The [Dsus4]world with his[D] petitio[C]n
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