Donna Hightower
This World Today Is A Mess

Song :
E
Intro :
E   E   E   E
E   E   Am
 
Am           Am           
What you do, what you say, 
 Am                         E
has a lot to do in how you live today.
E                 E              
What you want and what you make, 
E                         Am
everybody knows it's only what you take.
Am               Am             
What you see and what you hear, 
Am                              E
when it comes around again it's not too clear.
E            E           
You say yes, they say no, 
 E                        Am
everybody's talking everywhere you go.
 
Chorus :
    Dm                        G
You try to give another man a helping hand,
    C                                Am
and he will take your kindness for a weaker stand.
Dm                           G
Never do to others what they do to you,
C                          Esus4   E7      
try to find another way to make it through.

Am            Am           
What I say is what I know, 
Am                             E
try to get a favour going from door to door.
    E                   E             
You stop and pray, it's out of style, 

you a step ahead, it takes a hundred miles.
Am            Am           
What I say is what I know, 
Am                             E
try to get a favour going from door to door.
    E             
You stop and pray, 
                 E             E    
you know that's out of style, get a step ahead, 
           Am
it takes a hundred miles.
 
Chorus :
         Dm                        G
Now, you try to give another man a helping hand,
C                                Am
he will take your kindness for a weaker stand.
Dm                           G
Never do to others what they do to you,
              C                         Esus4    E7      
you've got to do it to them before they do it to you.
 
Outro :
Am           Am           
What you do, what you say, 
 Am                         E
has a lot to do in how you live today.
E                 E              
What you want and what you make, 
E                         Am
everybody knows it's only what you take.
Am               Am             
What you see and what you hear, 
Am                              E
when it comes around again it's not too clear.
E            E           
You say yes, they say no, 
 E                        Am
everybody's talking everywhere you go.
 
    Am              Am
You try to give another man a helping hand, 

you know what he's gonna do?
           Am                              E
He's gonna take your kindness for a weaker stand
    E                               E
You try to do for others what you'd like them to do to you
E                         Am
Ah! ah! forget it! It's gonna be some other kind thing!
 
Am              Am
So you try to give another man, ah! listen, a helping hand?
Am                         E
He will take your kindness for a weaker stand!
E                 E              E      Am
Never do to others what they do to you.