Intro:
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Em   D
You, line em' up
C9 
look-at your shoes
                          Em
you hang names on your wall
        D           C9 
then you shoot them all

Em       D
You-fly, around in planes
C9 
that bring you down
                     Em
to meet me who loves you
       D           C9
like me crashing to the ground

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           D  
Are you so lonely
              C9
you don't even know me
                 D  
but you'd like to stone me

Em                              G
Mr writer, why dont you tell it like it is
                             A
why don't you tell it like it really is
              C9 
before you go on home

Em         D
I used, to treat you right
C9 
give you my time
                            Em
but when i turn my back on you
    D      C9 
let me do what you do

Em     D            C9 
You've just enough, in my own view
                  Em
education to perform
       D         C9 
i'd like to shoot you all

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             D  
And then you go home
             C9 
with you on your own
            D  
what do you really know

so what do you really know, yeah

Em                              G
Mr writer, why dont you tell it like it is
                             A
why don't you tell it like it really is
              C9 
before you go on home

Em                              G
Mr writer why don't you tell it like it really is
                              A        A7  A
why don't you tell it like it always is
                C9 
before you go on home, yeah yeah yeah

Em    (pausa)                      G
Mr writer... why don't you tell it like it really is
                              A        A7  A
why don't you tell it like it always is
                C9 
before you go on home, yeah

before you go on home..

(Intro 2x)