Hợp âm Mr. Lincoln

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[Verse 1]
[G]Mr [Bm]linco[G]ln, I wish you[D] were here[C]
[D]The Repub[G]lic's changed a lot
[D]In a hundred yea[Am]rs and
[G]I don't think it's
[D]Working like [C]you planned
[D]Oh, [G]Mr lincoln, [D]we could use [Am]a hand

[Verse 2]
I just [C]read the headlines
[G]In The Nashville [F]News
And I [C]wish I'd made this up
[G]But I'm afraid it's [Dm]true
'Cause a [C]man was murdered for
His [G]money in [F]the street
He was [C]takin' his wife to
A [G]nice place [Dm]to eat

[Verse 3]
When they [C]caught the man
He did [G]twenty-three
months months [F]of time
He pled in[C]sanity like they [G]do
Now all [Dm]the time
Sir, [C]what would you have done
[G]in [Dm]1859?

[Verse 4]
Now if you [C]shoot someone, sir
[G]You can get off scot-free
[F]It's It's the [C]latest thing, Mr [G]lincoln
Can you be[Dm]lieve?
Now they [C]sue the manufac
[G]turers of [F]the guns
Ain't the [C]law changed a lot [G]since [Dm]1861[G]?
Mr lincoln, [D]I wish you were here

[Verse 5]
[C]
[D]'Cause thi[G]ngs have changed a lot
[D]In a hundred yea[Am]rs
[C]And I d[G]on't think it's wor[D]king
Out like [C]you planned
[G]Hey, Mr lincoln,
we [D]sure could use [Am]a hand

[Verse 6]
I just [C]heard the news [G]story on [F]the radio
They let [C]dangerous men
out of [G]prisons now
[Dm]Yes sir I'm afraid it's so
'Cause they're [C]overcrowded
And it was [G]only his fifth of[F]fense
Yeah, and [C]this time he's killed someone
[G]Does that make [Dm]any sense?

[Verse 7]
Now, my [C]lawyer called me
[G]About a nuisance [F]case
[C]'Cause everybody sues over [G]any
Little thing these [Dm]days
Well, at [C]least we're right
All we [G]gotta do is tell [F]the truth
He said, "You're [C]living in the pas[G]t
You romantic [Dm]fool"
I said, "You've [C]got that right
I [G]lean toward the older [F]ways
And there's [C]damn few backwoods
[G]Lawyers left [Dm]today"

[Verse 8]
[G]Mr lincoln, [D]I wish you w[C]ere here
[D]The Repub[G]lic's changed a lot
[D]In a hundred yea[Am]rs and
[G]I don't think it's
[D]Working like you [C]planned
[D]Hey, [G]Mr lincoln, [D]we sure could use a hand
[Am]

[Verse 9]
[G]Mr lincoln, [D]please,
could you come [C]here?
[D]'Cause [G]things have changed a lot
[D]In a hundred yea[Am]rs
And [G]I don't think it's w[D]orking
Out like you [C]planned[D][G]
Mr lincoln, we sure could use a hand