Jimmy Boyd - Wasted Things Chords & Tabs

[D]theres an old man sitting all alone
[A]a shopping cart, he calls it his home
[g]a little bottle by him to keep him warm.
[D]he's a by product of vietnam.
[D]theres a little boy runs to his room to hide
[A]daddy just gave him another black eye
[G]momma sits in the kitchen and cries
[D]and the neighbors turn there heads and tell themselves lies
[D]and theres a man on the street who sells his cocain
[A]to a teenage girl whos gonna die without pain
[G]day after day its all the same 
[D]hate and destruction it dont go away

[D]I dont like to play this game.
[A]life sometimes is a wasted thing
[G]nobody seems to care anyway
[D]and the hole damn world, has gone insane.
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[D]like a rocket in the sky
[A]his only hope is to find a high
[G]something to ease the pain
[D]he said there aint no life down here
[A]always living in fear 
[G]and more than his share of rain
[D]he was still just a kid
[A]when he took his first hit
[G]with some friends in high school
[D]now he lives on the street
[A]his food he begs to eat
[G]I wonder if he still thinks its cool

[D]I dont like to play this game
[A]life sometimes is a wasted thing
[G]nobody seems to care anyway
[D]and the whole damn world, has gone insane.

[D]she wishes she was pretty, she wishes she was rich
[A]she wishes she could just stop doing tricks
[G]day came she finally got a little bit ahead
[D]aids came along and stopped her dead
[D]theres a little girl holding her mommas hand
[A]daddy's gone to the promised land
[G]lord I tried but I don't understand
[D]why did you have to go and take that man

[D]I don't like to play this game
[A]life sometimes is a wasted thing
[G]nobody seems to care anyway
[D]and the whole damn world , has gone insane.........