The Ballad of the Little Man chords by
World Party

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Intro 1

Verse 1

We're all at the mercy

Of the 7 deadly sins

We're all at the mercy

Of the elements in this world we're in

Verse 2

We're all at the mercy

Of each other's little whims

And we're all at the mercy

Of the little man within

Verse 3

Show no mercy, no more mercy

For this little man within

We're all at the mercy

Of the little man within

Verse 4
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Hey mister how did you fit
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Into the same shoes as him?
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No more mercy, mo more mercy
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Show no mercy, no more mercy
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For the little man within

Verse 5
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He tears up all the countryside
Stops when he should begin
He drowns when he tries to walk on water
But he never learns to swim

Verse 6

He's an animal but he thinks he's God

Gets him mixed up with him

And we're all at the mercy

Of this little man within

Verse 7

He was doing fine in 39

Thank God he did not win

He kept playing on his fiddle

As he watched old Rome cave in

Verse 8
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He sold love away from his
children's hearts
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And told them it was sin
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Now we're all at the mercy,
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we're all at the mercy
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Of that little man within

Verse 9
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Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin

Verse 10
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He got the means,
he make the harvest high
But you can count those
hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

Verse 11

So if you're feeling lonely, baby

If you're feeling blue

If you listen to your little friend

You know he'll tell you what to do

Verse 12
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But if you hear his words
and you get confused
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Start believing they're all true
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Then you have just been fooled again
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Who said we won't get fooled again?
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By the little man within

Verse 13
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He might recognize the great one
He might understand what's good
But he believes that he can never live
The way they say he should

Verse 14
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So he puts them in the asylum
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And he just throws away the key
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He keeps the deep freeze inside you
He keeps the deep freeze inside you
And he puts the light in me
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Verse 15

So show no mercy, no more mercy

For the little man within

We're all at the mercy

Of this little man within

Verse 16
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Hey sister, how did fit
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Into the same shoes as him?
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Show no mercy, show no mercy
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Show no more mercy, no more mercy
For the little man within
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Verse 17
Gonna kill, kill the little man within
Gonna kill, kill the little man within
Gonna kill the little man within
We've got to kill,
kill the little man within, kill

Outro 1

Gonna kill the little man within

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