Chords for Mac McAnally & Steve Wariner - 1987 ACL "It's A Crazy World"
Tempo:
82.25 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Gm
Bb
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, I'll tell you what, there's a friend of mine's with us tonight, a great artist and a great friend, a wonderful songwriter and a great musician and artist all the way around, Mack McAnally.
Would y'all give him a great big hand?
[E] This song that we're about to do, Mack wrote when he was 16 years old, believe it or not.
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [F]
[Gm] Younger men don't [Bb] seem to need a [C] purpose
[C] They just [F] stand and fight for anybody's [Bb] cause
[Bb] [B] Older men see [C] living as a circus
The ones who [F] stand before the longest need of lovers
From [Gm] the young ones who proclaim to have the [C] answers
[Dm] To the questions [F] no one ever asked before
[G]
[C] They cheer and have parades but when [Dm] it's over
They [F] don't claim to know [Am] the answers [F] anymore
It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but I [F] live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing [Bb] so do you
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
[G] That [A] there's nothing any one [Bb] of us can do
[Bb] No, [F] there's nothing any [C] one of us can [F] do
[Gm]
[Am] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[Gm] Babies cry all day [C] sometimes for nothing
And [Dm] I have cried all day but not [Bb] much more
[Bb] It [G] ain't easy when you hate the things [C] you're loving
And you [Dm] wonder what or maybe who you're loving [F] for
[Gm] And girls seem [F] to think that they're [C] the chosen ones
[Dm] And women choose to [F] let world love [Bb] alone
[G] And [C] it's their business till you stick your [Dm] nose in one
[F] Then you've got yourselves the problems of your own
It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but [F] I live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing so do [Bb] you
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
That [A] there's nothing any one of us can [Bb] do
No, [F] there's nothing [C] any one of us can [F] do
[Gm] [C] [F]
[B] [N]
Would y'all give him a great big hand?
[E] This song that we're about to do, Mack wrote when he was 16 years old, believe it or not.
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [F]
[Gm] Younger men don't [Bb] seem to need a [C] purpose
[C] They just [F] stand and fight for anybody's [Bb] cause
[Bb] [B] Older men see [C] living as a circus
The ones who [F] stand before the longest need of lovers
From [Gm] the young ones who proclaim to have the [C] answers
[Dm] To the questions [F] no one ever asked before
[G]
[C] They cheer and have parades but when [Dm] it's over
They [F] don't claim to know [Am] the answers [F] anymore
It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but I [F] live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing [Bb] so do you
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
[G] That [A] there's nothing any one [Bb] of us can do
[Bb] No, [F] there's nothing any [C] one of us can [F] do
[Gm]
[Am] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[Gm] Babies cry all day [C] sometimes for nothing
And [Dm] I have cried all day but not [Bb] much more
[Bb] It [G] ain't easy when you hate the things [C] you're loving
And you [Dm] wonder what or maybe who you're loving [F] for
[Gm] And girls seem [F] to think that they're [C] the chosen ones
[Dm] And women choose to [F] let world love [Bb] alone
[G] And [C] it's their business till you stick your [Dm] nose in one
[F] Then you've got yourselves the problems of your own
It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but [F] I live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing so do [Bb] you
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
That [A] there's nothing any one of us can [Bb] do
No, [F] there's nothing [C] any one of us can [F] do
[Gm] [C] [F]
[B] [N]
Key:
F
C
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
C
Gm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey, I'll tell you what, there's a friend of mine's with us tonight, a great artist and a great friend, a wonderful songwriter and a great musician and artist all the way around, Mack McAnally.
Would y'all give him a great big hand? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] This song that we're about to do, Mack wrote when he was 16 years old, believe it or not. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Younger men don't [Bb] seem to need a [C] purpose _
[C] They just [F] stand and fight for anybody's [Bb] cause _
[Bb] _ [B] Older men see [C] living as a circus
The ones who [F] stand before the longest need of lovers
From [Gm] the young ones who proclaim to have the [C] answers _
[Dm] To the questions [F] no one ever asked before
_ [G] _
[C] They cheer and have parades but when [Dm] it's over
They [F] don't claim to know [Am] the answers [F] anymore
_ It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but I [F] live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing [Bb] so do you _
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
[G] That [A] there's nothing any one [Bb] of us can do
[Bb] No, [F] there's nothing any [C] one of us can [F] do
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] Babies cry all day [C] sometimes for nothing
And [Dm] I have cried all day but not [Bb] much more
_ [Bb] It [G] ain't easy when you hate the things [C] you're loving
And you [Dm] wonder what or maybe who you're loving [F] for _ _
[Gm] And girls seem [F] to think that they're [C] the chosen ones _
[Dm] And women choose to [F] let world love [Bb] alone
_ [G] And [C] it's their business till you stick your [Dm] nose in one
[F] Then you've got yourselves the problems of your own
_ It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but [F] I live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing so do [Bb] you _
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
That [A] there's nothing any one of us can [Bb] do
No, [F] there's nothing [C] any one of us can [F] do
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
Hey, I'll tell you what, there's a friend of mine's with us tonight, a great artist and a great friend, a wonderful songwriter and a great musician and artist all the way around, Mack McAnally.
Would y'all give him a great big hand? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] This song that we're about to do, Mack wrote when he was 16 years old, believe it or not. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Younger men don't [Bb] seem to need a [C] purpose _
[C] They just [F] stand and fight for anybody's [Bb] cause _
[Bb] _ [B] Older men see [C] living as a circus
The ones who [F] stand before the longest need of lovers
From [Gm] the young ones who proclaim to have the [C] answers _
[Dm] To the questions [F] no one ever asked before
_ [G] _
[C] They cheer and have parades but when [Dm] it's over
They [F] don't claim to know [Am] the answers [F] anymore
_ It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but I [F] live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing [Bb] so do you _
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
[G] That [A] there's nothing any one [Bb] of us can do
[Bb] No, [F] there's nothing any [C] one of us can [F] do
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] Babies cry all day [C] sometimes for nothing
And [Dm] I have cried all day but not [Bb] much more
_ [Bb] It [G] ain't easy when you hate the things [C] you're loving
And you [Dm] wonder what or maybe who you're loving [F] for _ _
[Gm] And girls seem [F] to think that they're [C] the chosen ones _
[Dm] And women choose to [F] let world love [Bb] alone
_ [G] And [C] it's their business till you stick your [Dm] nose in one
[F] Then you've got yourselves the problems of your own
_ It's [Gm] a crazy [C] world but [F] I live here
And [A] if you can hear me singing so do [Bb] you _
[Gm] I'm turning out my nightlight feeling [F] satisfied
That [A] there's nothing any one of us can [Bb] do
No, [F] there's nothing [C] any one of us can [F] do
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _