Intro
B/D# D
As you're slipping down the wall
B/D#
And you're headed for a fall
D
As you're slipping down the wall
N.C. C5 B5 A5 G5 C5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
C5 B5 A5 G5 C5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
|Riff |Riff |Riff |Riff |
[Verse 1]
D
Hey, mama
Riff Riff
Why are you beatin' on my head?
D
Hey, hey, woman
Riff
Why do you kick me outta bed?
Riff
I said
[Pre-Chorus]
F# D
Is it something, is it something that I said?
[Chorus]
C5 B5 A5
(Oh no)
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
C5 B5 A5
And you're headed for a fall
G5 C5 A5 Riff
Why do they kick you when you're down?
Riff Riff Riff
Why do they kick you when you're down?
[Verse 2]
D
Shady lady
Riff Riff
You think that money grows on trees
D Riff
Rotten apples by the barrel ain't a delicacy
Riff
You see
[Pre-Chorus]
F# D
Is this is the way, the way it's meant to be?
[Chorus]
C5 B5 A5
(Oh no)
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
C5 B5 A5
And you're headed for a fall
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5
(Oh no) So down
[Post-Chorus]
F#
And I don't need to say
D
To say it ain't a sacrifice
[Solo]
|C5 B5 A5 |G5 C5 A5 | 2x
|C5 B5 D5 |G5 C5 A5 | 2x
[Pre-Chorus]
F# D
Is this is the way, the way it's meant to be?
[Chorus]
C5 B5 A5
(Oh no)
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 A5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you when you're down?
G5 C5 A5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
C5 B5 A5
And you're headed for a fall
G5 C5 A5 C5 B5 D5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
C5 B5 A5 C5 B5 D5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you when you're down?
C5 B5 A5 C5 B5 D5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you when you're down?
C5 B5 A5
(Oh no) Why do they kick you
C5 B5 D5 C5 B5 A5
Man, they're trying to trick you when you're down