Tom: C
C/G C/G C/G C/G
[Chorus 1]
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
F C/G
I don’t need an anthem for a song
F C/G
I don’t want a saint for a preacher
G G
I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
F C/G
I don’t cheer for the red or blue team
F C/G Am
All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
C/G G C/G
Be good to them and they be good to me
[Verse 1]
Am G C/G
Compassion is only in fashion when someone is watching
Am G C/G
Is it only worth something if someone is willing to buy it
Am G C/G
The flow of traffic is slow and it seems to be stopping
F G G7
like we’re all livin’ in one big advertisement
[Chorus 2]
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
F C/G
I don’t need an anthem for a song
F C/G
I don’t want a saint for a preacher
G C/G
I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
F C/G
I don’t need same-day delivery
F C/G Am
All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
C/G G C/G
Be kind to them and they be kind me
C/G C/G
[Verse 2]
Am G C/G
when did everyone’s day become my business
Am G C/G
if I try to escape I feel left out
Am G C/G
Politicians on tv are fightin’ like families on Christmas
F G
So far each other’s failures is all they’ve talked about
[Bridge 1]
F
You’re right I’m cranky
C/G
That’ll happen when your forty/aging
Dm Am
Interested less and less in relevancy
F
I’m a critic of the critics
C/G
A lover of the classics
F G G G7
A hopeless Romantic and a realist in the making
[Verse 3]
Am G C/G
I only look for reason when its hiding
Am G C/G
I only search in the shadow of doubt
Am G C/G
I only understand living when someone is dying
F G G
So I should’ve reached enlightenment by now
[Chorus 3]
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
F C/G
I don’t need an anthem for a song
F C/G
I don’t want a saint for a preacher
G G
I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
C/G G C/G
I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
F C/G
more nonsense is just what I don’t need
F C/G Am
All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
C/G G C/G
Be there for them and they be there for me
C/G G C/G C/G
Be there for you and you be there for me
