Its A Sin

E A E Innocent babies come into this world B Singing their little hearts out C#m B A Daddy says it's a sin to k**l E mockingbirds A B E I have no reason to doubt E A E Empathy can be a good holy thing B To what pain some hard lives are bound C#m B A E But you'll have to climb inside of somebody's skin A B E Get in there and walk all around A E It's an old town, it's a tired old town E B And a burning hot summer to bear C#m B A Daddy says it's a sin to k**l E mockingbirds A B E But I hear one singing up there E A E You could be crippled by cruelty, I've heard B And I've know a few who have lost C#m B A E Their minds and their spirits to sorrow and hurt A B E They walk they're bearing the cross A E It's an old town, it's a tired old town E B In the glare of the midsummer heat C#m B A Daddy says it's a sin to k**l E mockingbirds A B E I think one just fell at my feet E A E Innocent lost, experience gained B Into the arms of the pain C#m B A E Some understand it's a balancing act A B E While others look down in their shame E A E Now Daddy will do what we need him to B For he is the rock of our souls C#m B A E He tried the show us the ways of the world A B E Sometimes spin out of control A E It's an old town, it's a tired old town E B Few know the right from the wrong C#m B A Daddy says it's a sin to k**l E mockingbirds A B E But I'll bust out singing 'fore long C#m B A Daddy says it's a sin to k**l E mockingbirds A B E But I'll bust out singing 'fore long