Meanest Man

C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm If the folks next door to me weren't so good C Dm C Dm I'd do all the mean things anybody could C Dm C Dm I'd drink and I'd gamble and I'd louse around F Dm C Dm I'd be the meanest man in this whole town Intelude F Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm If I hadn't seen the light in that old lady's eyes C Dm C Dm I'd try to be a man you would hate and despise C Dm C Dm I'd rave and I'd rant and I'd scream and yell F Dm C Dm And I'd chase my neighbors from here to hell F E Dm If I hadn't heard those kids laugh playing games F E Dm I'd have nervous fits, I'd go insane F E Dm I'd turpentine cats and tin can dogs F Dm C Dm I'd smother people to death inside of hollow logs C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm If the people around me wasn't so nice C Dm C Dm I'd freeze my heart into a cake of ice C Dm C Dm Steal money from soldiers and working folks too F Dm C Dm I'd lend you a dollar and take back two Intelude F Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm If my wife didn't kiss me the way she does C Dm C Dm I'd carry four or five daggers and three or four guns C Dm C Dm I'd shoot craps and ramble and hang out late F Dm C Dm I'd steal baby buggies and Cadillac Eights F E Dm If my friends didn't write me those letters I get F E Dm I'd be a dictator, the worse one yet F E Dm I'd be the only smart bird, you'd all be fools F Dm C Dm Send you all away to war and I'd stay home and rule C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm If it wasn't for them songs I hear you all sing C Dm C Dm I'd put a crown on my dome and I'd say I'm your king C Dm C Dm I'd kidnap some and blackmail others F Dm C Dm I'd peddle black market stuff and rob sisters and brothers F E Dm If it weren't for your talking I hear on the street F E Dm I'd be the orneriest man that you ever did meet F E Dm I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood F Dm C Dm But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good F Dm C Dm No I can't be this bad because my folks are too good F Dm C Dm No I can't be this bad because my folks are too good F Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm F Dm C Dm