Capo 2
Well they [G]took me home in the back of a checker cab
After [G]somebody took a chair cross the back of my [D]head
My [C]mama said bring him on [D]in and when they [G]told her where I'd [C]been
She said [G]why can't [D]people just get a[G]long
Well mama never said a word as she patched my head
I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed
I said mama I hope you ain't mad, she said come on we're going back
Hey why can't people just get along
Chorus:
[C]Why can't people just get a[G]long
What a [G]world it would be if [A7]we could all just have [D]fun
'Cause it don't [C]do nobody [D]right when [G]it comes down to a [C]fight
Hey [G]why can't [D]people just get a[G]long
Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have
Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand
She went in swingin' and when she got through
Everybody saw her point of view she said
Why can't people just get along
Chorus
Guitar solo
Well now things don't always run smooth in a honky tonk
And some nights somebody's gonna rub somebody wrong
And in those isolated incidents, we all loose our common sense
Hey why can't people just get along
Chorus
Well they [G]took me home in the back of a checker cab
After [G]somebody took a chair cross the back of my [D]head
My [C]mama said bring him on [D]in and when they [G]told her where I'd [C]been
She said [G]why can't [D]people just get a[G]long
Well mama never said a word as she patched my head
I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed
I said mama I hope you ain't mad, she said come on we're going back
Hey why can't people just get along
Chorus:
[C]Why can't people just get a[G]long
What a [G]world it would be if [A7]we could all just have [D]fun
'Cause it don't [C]do nobody [D]right when [G]it comes down to a [C]fight
Hey [G]why can't [D]people just get a[G]long
Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have
Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand
She went in swingin' and when she got through
Everybody saw her point of view she said
Why can't people just get along
Chorus
Guitar solo
Well now things don't always run smooth in a honky tonk
And some nights somebody's gonna rub somebody wrong
And in those isolated incidents, we all loose our common sense
Hey why can't people just get along
Chorus
