C      G    F
People just ain't no good
                 C      G     F
I think that's well understood
                   C    G      F
You can see it everywhere you look
                  G    G7
People just ain't no good

                C     G      F
We were married under cherry trees
               C   G      F
Under blossom we made our vows
                 C    G      F
All the blossoms come sailing down
                        G     G7
Through the streets and through the playgrounds

                  C    G      F
The sun would stream on the sheets
             C     G      F
Awoken by the morning bird
              C    G    F
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
                   G      G7
And never read a single word

        C     G       F
People they ain't no good
        C     G       F
People they ain't no good
        C     G       F  G G7
People they ain't no good

           C     G     F
Seasons came, seasons went
                  C     G     F
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
                    C     G       F
A different tree now lines the streets
                    G       G7
Shaking its fists in the air

               C   G       F
The winter slammed us like a fist
             C       G      F
The windows rattling in the gales
              C     G      F
To which she drew the curtains
                G     G7
Made out of her wedding veils

        C     G       F
People they ain't no good
        C     G       F
People they ain't no good
        C     G       F  G G7
People they ain't no good

          C          F
To our love send a dozen white lilies
          C          F
To our love send a coffin of wood
          C             F
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
        Dm              G
That people they just ain't no good

          C          F
To our love send back all the letters
          C           F
To our love a valentine of blood
          C              F
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
     Dm                    G
That people they just ain't no good

                    C      G      F
It ain't in their hearts they're bad
                   C     G     F
They can comfort you, some even try
                    C     G        F
They nurse you when you're ill of health
                G     G7
They bury you when you go and die

                         C      G      F
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
                  C       G     F
They'd stick by you if they could
             C      G   F
But that's just bullshit
                G      G7
People just ain't no good

         C     G      F
People they ain't no good
         C     G      F
People they ain't no good
         C     G      F
People they ain't no good
         C     G      F  G
People they ain't no good