Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
F#m
The white, white open sky
A
E
F#m
A
Above the sage and the thorns
E
F#m
The rocks and pines were hum ming
A
E
An old familiar tune
His hard black boots came
F#m
A
E
crunching up this gravel road
A
E
the moon was just setting
F#m
A
The nights were darker then
E
F#m
A
Lights in the living room
F#m
A
TV was on,
E
F#m
A
but not if anyone was watching
B
A
E
He never thought of himself as cruel
B
A
E
B
He never thought of himself at all
A
E
B
Kindness was always outside his grasp
E
D
A
E
He was the meanest man in the world
F#m
A
E
He was the meanest man in the world
The door wasn't really locked,
F#m
A
E
the fireplace was burned in
A
E
but all in slow motion
A
E
he remembered someone weeping
A
E
he just kept on walking
A
E
F#m
A
he never turned off a light
A
E
F#m
A
After he did what he did that night
B
A
E
He never thought of himself as cruel
B
A
E
B
He never thought of himself at all
A
E
B
Kindness was always outside his grasp
D
A
E
He was the meanest man in the world
F#m
A
B
E
He was the meanest man in the world
F#m
A
E
He was the meanest man in the world
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE F#m A B D
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