[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Woman shined the apple, and the [A]man had to take a bi[Dm]te
[Dm]Anything that good, God knows, just had to be r[A]ight
[Dm]Well they woke up naked with a big headache,
[Gm]He been done in by a slippery sn[Dm]ake,
[Dm]a man and a woman get to l[A]ive a while and then they [Dm]die
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Politicians make promises t[A]hat they can't [Dm]keep
[Dm]They keep printin' money 'till they get in way too [A]deep
[Dm]It's the same old lesson, they never learn,
[Gm]They're too busy workin' on their next t[Dm]erm
[Dm]Politicians keep makin' f[A]ools out of you and [Dm]me
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Money breeds war, as long as t[A]here's a man a[Dm]live
[Dm]Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fi[A]ght
[Dm]High-rollers crp out every time,[Gm] roll a soldier's bones like loaded dice
[Dm]War is the beast that [A]makes every mother c[Dm]ry
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]He told the truth, and they [A]hung him up to [Dm]die
[Dm]The son of God who created you and [A]I
[Dm]He said it in the Good Book with letters in red
[Gm]But we keep on forgettin' every thing He [Dm]said
[Dm]Jesus Christ hung on the [A]cross for you and [Dm]I
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Woman shined the apple, and the [A]man had to take a bi[Dm]te
[Dm]Anything that good, God knows, just had to be r[A]ight
[Dm]Well they woke up naked with a big headache,
[Gm]He been done in by a slippery sn[Dm]ake,
[Dm]a man and a woman get to l[A]ive a while and then they [Dm]die
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Politicians make promises t[A]hat they can't [Dm]keep
[Dm]They keep printin' money 'till they get in way too [A]deep
[Dm]It's the same old lesson, they never learn,
[Gm]They're too busy workin' on their next t[Dm]erm
[Dm]Politicians keep makin' f[A]ools out of you and [Dm]me
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]Money breeds war, as long as t[A]here's a man a[Dm]live
[Dm]Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fi[A]ght
[Dm]High-rollers crp out every time,[Gm] roll a soldier's bones like loaded dice
[Dm]War is the beast that [A]makes every mother c[Dm]ry
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Verse]
[Dm]He told the truth, and they [A]hung him up to [Dm]die
[Dm]The son of God who created you and [A]I
[Dm]He said it in the Good Book with letters in red
[Gm]But we keep on forgettin' every thing He [Dm]said
[Dm]Jesus Christ hung on the [A]cross for you and [Dm]I
[Chorus]
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
[Dm]It's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
[Gm]It's been that way since the git g[Dm]o
[Dm]Well, it's been that way since the git[Gm] go,
Lord it's always [A]been that w[Dm]ay
