Intro:
(G) (x4) bars 

Verse 
          G 
We didn't know for sure, but everybody said 
C                                            G 
That ol' boy ain't right in the head, he's a little slow 
We'd hide in the bushes not making a sound 
     C                                       G 
When he'd walk by we'd push him down on that dirt road 
Em            Bm           C 
I was just as guilty as my friends 
Em              Bm                C 
We had a lot of laughs at his ex- pense 


[Refrão]

               G             C 
He wasn't like us, he wasn't cool 
          Em         D                   C 
He'd just smile even while we were being cruel 
         G                  C 
He stood out, he didn't fit in 
            Em                          D                C 
But we kept throwing the stones, no, we didn't let up on him 
         Em                       D                 C 
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss 
               G 
He wasn't like us 

Verse 
      G                                  C 
Later on he made a name in our town, for hanging out 
                            G           C 
And running around with the rough crowd 
          G 
They were boozers and losers and low class broads 
       C                                      G              C 
But he saw good in 'em nobody else saw and he brought it out 
         Em                         Bm                  C 
Then the rumors started flyin' that he was some kind of holy man 
    Em                      Bm                             C 
But we set him straight and told him to his face, he was a crazy man 


[Refrão]

               G             C 
He wasn't like us, he wasn't cool 
          Em         D                   C 
He'd just smile even while we were being cruel 
         G                  C 
He stood out, he didn't fit in 
            Em                          D                C 
But we kept throwing the stones, no, we didn't let up on him 
         Em                       D                 C 
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss 
               G 
He wasn't like us 

Bridge 
            Am                       Bm               C 
Well, I re- member the day he got in trouble with the law 
     Em                            D 
They cussed him and kicked him and mocked him and whipped him 
         C 
And they nailed him to the cross 

Tag 
               G                 C 
He wasn't like us, he didn't fit in 
           Em         D              C 
And I fell down on my knees and wept for him 
         Em                       D                 C 
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss 
         Em                 D                   C 
He never did nothing wrong, all he ever did was love 
               G 
He wasn't like us, he wasn't like us -----