The Git Go chords

Billy Joe Shaver

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      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way 

verse 1 
      Em                         B7               Em 
Woman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite 
      Em                                       B7 
Anything that good, God knows, just had to be right 
          Em         
Well they woke up naked with a big headache 
 Am 
He been done in by a slippery snake 
  Em                     B7                          Em 
a man and a woman get to live a while and then they die 

      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way 

verse 2 
      Em                         B7        Em 
Politicians make promises that they can't keep 
      Em                                            B7 
They keep printin' money ‘till they get in way too deep 
          Em  
It's the same old lesson, they never learn, 
 Am 
They're too busy workin' on their next term 
  Em                     B7                 Em 
Politicians keep makin' fools out of you and me 

      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way 

verse 3 
      Em               B7                   Em 
Money breeds war, as long as there's a man alive 
      Em                                    B7 
Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight 
          Em  
High-rollers crap out ev'ry time, 
 Am 
roll a soldier's bones like loaded dice 
   Em                 B7                 Em 
War is the beast that makes ev'ry mother cry 

      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way 

verse 4 
      Em                     B7            Em 
He told the truth, and they hung him up to die 
      Em                          B7 
The son of God who created you and I 
          Em  
He said it in the Good Book and letters in red 
 Am 
But we keep on forgettin' ev'ry thing He said 
   Em                     B7              Em 
Jesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I 

      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way 

      Em                     Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
     B7                       Em 
It's been that way since the git go 
     Em                      Am 
It's been that way since the git go 
          B7               Em 
Lord it's always been that way