Sweep Around Chords by The Williams Brothers

[D] _ _ [Em] [G] You know [C] there are too many people [G] trying to take care of other folks [D] business
[Em] _ [D] [C] And they can't even take [G] care of their own
[D] but what you [Em] need to do [Bm] is take [C] six months to mind your [G] own business and
[D] Six [Em] months to [Bm] leave other folks [C] business alone.
All I'm trying [G] to say is
sweep [F] around your [Em] front door
[Am] Before you try to sweep around [G] [F] mine
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] Sweep [F] around your front [Em] door
[Am] Before you try to sweep around [Bm] mine
[F] This [Em] is what you [C] do
[D] You smile at your [Dm] neighbor's face
[Em] And you talk about them
behind their [F] backs
[E] [Em] Y'all know you do
[Am] But [G] if you found out [F] they were [Em] doing the same thing to you, you know, [C] you [D] wouldn't like [F] that
[Em] Well, [Am] tell me this, [D] who are we [Em] to judge [C] what other [G] people do?
[D] Take a look at [Em] yourself, [C] you'll find some [D] folks [G]
who sweep [Fm] around your [Em] front door.
[C] Well, you try to [G] sweep around mine, [F] _ [G] [Em] well, well, well, [C] you'll [G] need to sweep [F] around your [Em] [C] front door.
Well, you try to [Bm] sweep around mine, well, well, [F] well, [B] [Em] here's another thing, y'all.
[G] You're always [F] on the [Em] telephone, clicking down on [D] someone else.
[F] Now, y'all [Em] know y'all do that.
[Am] But you [G] need to take a look [F] inside, [Em] stop, look in the mirror, and [Bm] check yourself.
_ [F] [B] And here's the [Em] reason why.
_ Because we [D] all have sinning [Em] countenance of [C] God's glory [G] today.
[D] So we don't have [Em] time [C] to spread [G] hearsay.
[Em] Sweep [F] around your [E] own [Em] front door.
[C] Before you try to sweep [D] around mine.
[F] [Ab] Sweep [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [F] around your own [C] front door.
Before you try to sweep [Bm] around [G] mine.
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] Listen!
[G] Put love in your heart, where there is hate.
You need to [B] clean it up.
_ I wouldn't let it be said I waited too late.
Clean it up.
_ [N] Stop going around talking about your friends.
Clean it up.
_ Hey, don't you know that that's a sin?
Clean it up.
How can you criticize someone else?
Clean it up.
_ When you are doing wrong yourself.
Clean it up.
Be careful how [Bb] you throw.
It's wrong.
[G] Clean it up.
[E] Once [D] a man break up somebody's [G] home.
Sweep around [F] your [C] own front door.
Before you try to sweep [G] around [F] mine.
[G] [Em] This diggers, [C] box stabbers, you [G] need to sweep around [Dm] your [Em] own front door.
[C] Before you try to sweep [G] around mine.
_ [F] _ [Em] Before you criticize [C] someone [G] else.
Sweep around [Dm] your own [Em] front door.
Oh [C] yeah.
Sweep [G] around mine.
[F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] You [G] need to sweep around [Dm] your own [Em] front door.
To mind your [C] own business.
[G] And make the streets [Dm] [Em] muster leave [C] all the folks alone.
[G] Sweep [Em] around [Dm] your [C] own front door.
Before you try to sweep [G] around mine.
[Dm] _ [Em] Yeah.
_ [C] Whoa.
[G] Sweep around your [Dm] own [Em] front [Am] door.
_ [C] Sweep [G] around mine.
[Dm] _ [Em] Sweep around.
[C] _
[G] Before you try to sweep [Dm] around mine.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _