Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays425

Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw by Hank Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			F                                 C 
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news, 
    F                         C 
The seeds of distrust it will sow. 
    F                                      C 
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life, 
              G7              C 
Be careful of stones that you throw. 
 
 
 
(Spoken, Continue to play F, C, and G7): 
 
A neighbor was passing my garden one time. 
She stopped and I knew right away, 
That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind. 
And this is what I heard my neighbor say, 
"That girl down the street should be run from our midst, 
She drinks and she talks quite a lot. 
She knows not to speak to my child or to me." 
My neighbor then smiled, and I thought.. 
 
 
 
F                                 C 
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news, 
    F                         C 
The seeds of distrust it will sow. 
    F                                      C 
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life, 
              G7              C 
Be careful of stones that you throw. 
 
 
 
(Also spoken, play same chords as well): 
 
A car speeded by, and the screaming of brakes. 
A sound that made my blood chill. 
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path, 
And saved by a girl lyin' still. 
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out, 
"Oh, was is that brave girl so sweet?" 
I covered the crushed, broken body and said, 
"The bad girl who lives down the street." 
 
 
 
F                                 C 
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news, 
    F                         C 
The seeds of distrust it will sow. 
    F                                      C 
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life, 
              G7              C 
Be careful of stones that you throw. 
 
 
Tabbed by Joe Wallace, Countrytabs.com 
    	

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