Why Can't People Just Get Along

G Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab G D After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head C D G C My mama said bring him on in and when they told her where I'd been G D G She said why can't people just get along Well mama never said a word as she patched my head I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed I said mama I hope you ain't mad, she said come on we're going back Hey why can't people just get along C G Why can't people just get along G A7 D What a world it would be if we could all just have fun C D G C 'Cause it don't do nobody right when it comes down to a fight G D G Hey why can't people just get along Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand She went in swingin' and when she got through Everybody saw her point of view she said Why can't people just get along