The Right Thing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
Ghetto [Em]boys with old men's eyes
Killin' each other like swattin' flies
They don't know life's a gift

[Verse 2]
Get ready, we gotta make a shift
[Bm]It's always [Em]the right time
[F][Em][Bm][G][Bm][A]
To do the right [Em]thing

[Verse 3]
[Em]
Teenage children who can hardly read
Makin' babies they can barely feed
It's like a foreign country
in our own backyard

[Verse 4]
How did that music get to be so hard?
[Em]
It's always the right time,
[A]yea[Em]h[G][Em][F][Em][Bm][A]
To do the right [Em]thing[G][Em][Bm][A]
To do the [Em]right thing

[Interlude 1]
[Em][A][Em]

[Verse 5]
The ghost of [Em]slavery still
haunts the nation
Junk food won't make it go [Bm]away[Em]
So [G]many [Em]died in freedom's name
To give up now be a cryin'
[A]shame[Em]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]It's al[Em]ways the right
[F]time[Em][G][Bm]
[A]To do the right thi[F]ng[Em][Bm][G]
[A]To do the rig[F]ht thing[Em][G][Bm]
[A]To do the right thi[Em]ng

[Verse 7]
[Em]
Human kindness, worth more than gold
It's time to give it away

[Verse 8]
on the Jericho Road
[Bm]It's al[Em]ways [C]the right [Em]time[F][Em][Bm]
[A]To do the rig[F]ht thing[Em][Bm][G]
[A]To do the rig[C]ht thing[Em][Bm]
[A]To do the

[Verse 9]
[F]right thing[C][Em][G]
[A]To do the right thi[C]ng[Em][Bm][Em]
[A]To do the rig[Em]ht thing, oh hm[Bm]
[A]To do the rig[F]ht thi[Em]ng, mm[Bm][G]
[A]To do the right thi[Em]ng[Bm]
[A]To do the right thi[Em]ng[Bm]
[A]To do [Em]the right thing