In Spite of Spite Morrow * This is a run he plays inbetween chords. Play it everywhere there's a star. ----------- ---------- ---------- ----0----- -0h2------ ---------- ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ INTRO * D * G * A * G * A * D *D * D G You gave me the world when I was 12 years old, A D I learned to carry that load *D G And all I asked in return, Lord, A D Was not a long and winding road *D G I took some teasin' when I was young, A D You know them kids, they threw sticks and stones. *D G I had to learn to bite my tongue, A D 4 D 2 D 4 D 2 D Cause you said they could never know. A Bm G - Sometimes I wanna smoke and play, D G A You know I wanna stay out all night D A Bm Well I get tempted and I get tired of G D A D Bein' and doin' everything right Bm G D Well, life's not about the way you live, G A It's what you know to be right D A Bm So just keep on cryin' and learnin' and tryin' G D A D To love one another in spite of spite, G D A D To love one another in spite of spite. - - REPEAT INTRO - D G We should've told them the truth by now, Lord, A D They won't believe my ways *D G I'm just a man, I have my ups and downs, A D You know I have my share of bad days *D G But I ain't friends with Billy Graham A D And you can't find me on the telephone *D G You probably don't recognize me, people, A D 4 D 2 D 4 D 2 D I ain't on them damn TV shows. A Bm G - Sometimes I wanna smoke and play, D G A You know I wanna stay out all night D A Bm Well I get tempted and I get tired of G D A D Bein' and doin' everything right Bm G D Well, life's not about the way you live, G A It's what you know to be right D A Bm So just keep on cryin' and learnin' and tryin' G D A D To love one another in spite of spite, G D G D To love one another, to love one another, G D A D Oh to love one another in spite of spite. - - REPEAT INTRO - ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ 4(Dsus4) = X00233 2(Dsus2) = X00230 (the last Dsus2 and D at the end of each verse is played quicker than the rest.) enjoy :)