Willie Nelson – The Git Go (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way
[Verse]
Dm                              A                   Dm
Woman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite

Dm                                             A
Anything that good, God knows, just had to be right

Dm
Well they woke up naked with a big headache,

Gm
He been done in by a slippery snake,

Dm                        A                         Dm
a man and a woman get to live a while and then they die
[Chorus]
Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way
[Verse]
Dm                         A              Dm
Politicians make promises that they can’t keep

Dm                                                 A
They keep printin’ money ‘till they get in way too deep

Dm
It’s the same old lesson, they never learn,

Gm
They’re too busy workin’ on their next term

Dm                       A                   Dm
Politicians keep makin’ fools out of you and me
[Chorus]
Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way
[Verse]
Dm                            A             Dm
Money breeds war, as long as there’s a man alive

Dm                                           A
Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight

Dm                               Gm
High-rollers crap out every time, roll a soldier’s bones like loaded dice

Dm                    A                   Dm
War is the beast that makes every mother cry
[Chorus]
Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way
[Verse]
Dm                          A              Dm
He told the truth, and they hung him up to die

Dm                                 A
The son of God who created you and I

Dm
He said it in the Good Book with letters in red

Gm
But we keep on forgettin’ every thing He said

Dm                       A                 Dm
Jesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I
[Chorus]
Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way

Dm                              Gm
It’s been that way since the git go,

Gm                                Dm
It’s been that way since the git go

Dm                                    Gm
Well, it’s been that way since the git go,

                 A          Dm
Lord it’s always been that way