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[Intro]
C#dim C5
As you're slipping down the wall
C#dim
And you're headed for a fall
C5
As you're slipping down the wall
Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
[Interlude]
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
F C G
[Verse 1]
C
Hey, mama
G
Why are you beatin' on my head?
C
Hey, hey, woman
G
Why do you kick me outta bed?
I said
[Pre-Chorus]
E5
Is it something,
C5
is it something that I said?
[Chorus]
Bb F C
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G
As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb F C
And you're headed for a fall
F C G G
Why do they kick you when you're down?
[Interlude]
Why do they kick you when you're down?
[Verse 2]
C
Shady lady
G
You think that money grows on trees
C G
Rotten apples by the barrel ain't a delicacy
You see
[Pre-Chorus]
E5
Is this is the way,
C5
the way it's meant to be?
[Chorus]
Bb F C
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G
As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb F C
And you're headed for a fall
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
F C G
So down
[Pre-Chorus]
E5
And I don't need to say
C5
To say it ain't a sacrifice
[Solo]
Bb F C F C G Bb F C F C G
Bb F C
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Oh no
F C G
[Pre-Chorus]
E5
Is this is the way,
C5
the way it's meant to be?
[Chorus]
Bb F C
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G
As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb F C
And you're headed for a fall
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
[Outro]
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G Bb F C
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Oh no
F C G
Why do they kick you?
Man,
Bb F C F C G
they're trying to trick you when you're down
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