Blacksheep

	  		
Intro: Bm – D – A – E   Bm – D – A – E 

Verse 
             Bm 
They ask the blacksheep of the blacksheep’s son 
D 
   Have you any wool 
          A                    E 
And I say no sir I gave it all away 
      Bm 
I’m a blacksheep of a blacksheep 
    D 
And I been one many times 
               A                 E 
But that don’t make me anybody’s  fool 
       Bm 
I gave most to Christ Jesus for saving my soul 
         A                      E 
For that bet with the devil who lives down below 
             Bm                      D 
There’s been some for my Mother   My father 
               A                      E 
My Sister   My Brothers   My Son   My Daughter   My Lover 
             Bm 
There’s been some for that homeless man 
D                          A 
That I watched die in some ally 
                  E 
With a slit wrist   I went home to cry 
             Bm 
There’s been some for my buddies fightin’ 
        D 
In some  rich man’s war 
          A 
Yeah they gave all they could 
         E 
We don’t sing no more 


G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 
G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 
G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 


Instrumental:  G – Bm – A – Bm – D – A – E – Bm – D – A – E 

Verse 
           Bm 
They ask a blacksheep of a blacksheep’s son 
D 
  Where have you been 
           A                     E 
We’ve been worried we’ve been in need 
          Bm 
I’ve been hidin’ on the pathways 
D                            A                E 
  Biding my time amongst the wolves hungry to feed 
       Bm                D 
Well I give what I can   nature of man 
           A                 E 
Just needs war so what can I say 
          Bm 
Yeah I’ll die someday stripped 
       D                        A 
Havin’ given all the gifts I’ve received 
           E 
That is my pain 


G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 
G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 
G          Bm                  A 
   I stand naked and cold as a crowd   gathers ‘round 


Instrumental:   G – Bm – A 

Verse 
Bm 
Blacksheep of a blacksheep’s son 
D 
   Have you any wool and I say yeah 
A                     E 
Yeah I saved some for you