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Simple Man Tab

by Charlie Daniels Band


I ain't nothin' but a simple man
     
They call me a redneck I reckon that I am
            
But there's things going on 
                             
That make me mad down to the core.

I have to work like a dog to make ends meet
        
There's crooked politicians and crime in the street
                                                  
And I'm madder'n hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.

We tell our kids to just say no 
          
Then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
                                                            
Slaps him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town. 

Now if I had my way with people sellin' dope
           
I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
                                                        
I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down
          
Well, you know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bible's away 
                                                         
They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land

The good book says it so I know it's the truth 

An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
                                 
You better watch where you go and remember where you been
                                    
That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man.

Now I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse
         
But if I catch somebody breakin in my house
                                                  
I've got twelve guage shotgun waiting on the other side

So don't go pushing me against my will 
        
I don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will
                                                              
So if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by

As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse
        
For the raping and the killing and the child abuse
                                            
And I've got a way to put an end to all that mess

Just take them rascals out in the swamp 

Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump
                                                       
Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest
    
You know what's wrong with the world today

People done gone and put their Bible's away 
                                                         
They're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land
 
The Good Book says it so I know it's the truth 

An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
                                 
You better watch where you go and remember where you been
                                    
That's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man