Intro: 2 measures instrumental

Verse:
Dm                   Am
Oh, I don't know why people lie
    C                G
and I don't know why people die
Dm                  Am
EVerytime I see you shout at me
         C                                   G  
cause of all of the things in the world that I can't see

Pre Chorus: (2nd verse, substitute words in parentheses)
Dm                    Am
And what I think goes on in this world
      C                         G
for a mother and a father and a boy and a girl (kid)
            Dm                Am
is that the more you earn the less you learn
          C                  G          
there's a fact in life where you (we) will burn

Chorus:
G                 Dm
And I never could believe it
      Am             C
and I never could be true
        G                   Dm
father, things that mean so much to me
      Am                C
don't mean that much to you
      G           Dm
and I never could believe the way 
    Am            C
you told me I was wrong
       G                    Dm
if I'm right and if you are simple sin
    Am               C
for God's sake I was wrong

2 measures instrumental: Dm Am C G

Verse:
Oh I don't know how I think this way
how you sit there looking at me all day
there's more to you than I can see
there's a shadow of a mother hanging over me

Pre chorus
Chorus

4 measures instrumental: Dm Am C G

Outro Chorus:
G                    Dm           Am              C
Oh I tell you out of heaven and I tell you out of hell
and I see your life in ruins, you're just earning that as well
and I cry out in my loneliness, well used to be your peace
but you'll never see my face again, oh I need words like these