Intro: A 


Verse 

    A                            D 
The hard times are reigning, the world is in pain 
    E                               A 
The kings and the captains they all conquer in vain 
  A                            D 
I stand in the background just watching the scene 
    D        A               E                A 
I'm doing my best to keep my hands washed and clean 


Verse 

    A                         D 
The questions are rising, are drifting like snow 
   E                       A 
If you never get no answer you'll never know 
    A                      D 
The more I did wonder, the less I did care 
     D       A            E          A 
When one day suddenly the answer was there 


[Refrão]

            D 
I heard the man in the sky 
       E 
He was talking right to me 
   A 
He said it's very simple 
        D              E 
This is how it's gonna be 
     E 
Your life is your own business 
        D 
You can even cheat and lie 
        A                        E          A 
But you never can count away the man in the sky 


Verse 
  A                           D 
I could hear him talking tho' he didn't speak 
  E                         A 
I just understood that I am strong when I'm weak 
       A                  D 
'Cause man was created to work all alone 
    D         A              E            A 
The answer is written in the soul of your own 


[Refrão]
 
            D 
I heard the man in the sky 
       E 
He was talking right to me 
   A 
He said it's very simple 
        D              E 
This is how it's gonna be 
     E 
Your life is your own business 
        D 
You can even cheat and lie 
        A                        E          A 
But you never can count away the man in the sky 


Coda 
             D                      E 
So live your life as you please and let your mind command 
       A                               D              E 
'Cause when it really comes down to it you are just a man 
    E                               D 
The only thing you know for sure is that you're gonna die 
       A                        E          A 
So you can never count away the man in the sky 
    E                               D 
The only thing you know for sure is that you're gonna die 
       A                        E          A 
So you can never count away the man in the sky 

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