The Ballad of the Little Man chords by 
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Intro 1
Am
D
Am
Verse 1
Am
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
Am
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
D
Show no mercy, no more mercy
Am
For this little man within
D
We're all at the mercy
Am
Of the little man within
Verse 4
D
Hey mister how did you fit
Am
Into the same shoes as him?
C
No more mercy, mo more mercy
D
Show no mercy, no more mercy
Am
For the little man within
Verse 5
Am
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
D
He's an animal but he thinks he's God
Am
Get s him mixed up with him
D
And we're all at the mercy
Am
Of this little man within
Verse 7
D
He was doing fine in 39
Am
Thank God he did not win
D
He kept playing on his fiddle
Am
As he watched old Rome cave in
Verse 8
D
He sold love away from his
children's hearts
Am
And told them it was sin
C
Now we're all at the mercy,
D
we're all at the mercy
Am
Of that little man with in
Verse 9
Am
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
Am
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
D
So if you're feeling lonely, baby
Am
If you're feeling blue
D
If you listen to your little friend
Am
You know he'll tell you what to do
Verse 12
D
But if you hear his words
and you get confused
Am
Start be lieving they're all true
C
Then you have just been fooled again
Am
D
Who said we won't get fooled again?
Am
By the little man with in
Verse 13
Am
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
D
So he put s them in the asylum
Am
And he just throws away the key
D
He keeps the deep freeze inside you
He keeps the deep freeze inside you
And he puts the light in me
Am
Verse 15
Am
D
So show no mer cy, no more mercy
Am
For the little man within
D
We're all at the mercy
Am
Of this little man within
Verse 16
D
Hey sis ter, how did fit
Am
Into the same shoes as him?
C
Show no mercy, show no mercy
D
Show no more mercy, no more mercy
For the little man within
Am
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
Am
Am
Am
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