Selfishness In Man

	  		
Intro  
D   A   D E  A  

        A              D              A               E 
I saw a little beam of sunlight steal across a purple sky 
         D              A               B             E 
And bend down to kiss a rosebud, oh, it made me wanna cry 
   A                          D               A                E 
To think that I had been per mitted to see a part of nature's plan 
            D                   A                 D           E  A 
Oh, there's nothin' that stands out more than the selfishness in man 

       D                 G               D               A 
Little children paintin' pictures of the birds and apple trees 
        G               D                  E               A 
Oh, why can't the grown up people have the faith of one of these 
       D                G                 D               A 
And to think those tiny fingers might be come a killer's hand 
            G            D               D/F#     G           A  D 
Oh, there's nothing that stands out more than the selfishness in man. 

    A                D             A              D 
Why can't we see the folly and the uselessness of hate 
           A              D        D/F#  E            A    A/G A/F# A/E 
Love could lead to under standing maybe it's not loo late 
          D                 G               D               A 
Then per haps in His great wisdom we might learn to under stand 
             G           D         D/F#   G           A  D 
Then there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness in man. 

Instrumental 
E   A   E   A   E   A   B   E  

          A                 D               A               E 
Then per haps in his great wisdom we might learn to under stand 
             D           A                D           E  A   E A 
Then there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness in man