Selfishness in Man chords by George Jones, Vince Gill

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Intro 1

Verse 1

I saw a little beam of sunlight

Steal across a purple sky

And bent down to kiss a rose bud

Oh, it made me wanna cry

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Verse 2

And to think that I've been permitted

To see a part of nature's plan

Oh, there's nothing that stand

s out more

Than the selfishness in man

Verse 3

Little children painting pictures

Of the blooms and apple trees

Oh, why can't the grown up people

Have faith of one thing?

Verse 4
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And to  (D major) think those tiny  (G major) fingers
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Might be (D major) come a killer's  (A major) hand
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Oh, there's  (G major) nothing that
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 (D major) stands out more
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Than  (G major) the selfishness  (A major) in  (D major) man
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 (A major) Why

Verse 5
can't we see the
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 (D major) folly?
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And the uselessness  (A major) of  (D major) pain
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Love could  (A major) lead to understand (D major) ing
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Maybe  (E major) it's not too  (A major) late

Verse 6
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Then per (D major) haps through His
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 (G major) great wisdom
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We might  (D major) learn to understand  (A major) 
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Then there'd  (G major) be no shame  (D major) or sorrow
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And no  (G major) selfishness  (A major) in  (D major) man
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 (E major) 