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1.   They take your love and your money. 
                                    E 
     They take your sugar and your honey. 
                                 B 
     They'll take you skinny or fat. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that? 

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2.   They take your town and your home. 
                                    E 
     They take your flesh and your bone. 
                                   B 
     They take the shirt off your back. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that? 

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3.   They take your dog and your car. 
                                 E 
     They'll try to push you to far. 
                                       B 
     They break your heart, leave you flat. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that? 

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4.   They make you sleep in the street. 
                               E 
     They give you nothin' to eat. 
                                 B 
     They'll lie to you thats a fact. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that?  

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5.   They take your farm and your crop.  
                               E 
     They take everything you got. 
                        B 
     Laugh behind your back. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that? 
                            E 
     A why are people like that? 
                          E 
     Why are people like that? 
                                     B 
     I don't know why they act like that. 
                            E 
     A why are people like that?   Hey now. 

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