Ray Lamontagne - How come

^APeople on the street now, ^Dfaces long and grim ^ASouls are feeling heavy and ^Dfaith is ^Ggrowing thin ^AFears are getting stronger ^Dyou can feel them on the rise ^AHopelessness got some by the throat you can ^Dsee it in their eyes I said ^Ahow come^{G D A} How com^Ge ^D

^AEverybody on a shoestring, ^Deverybody in a hole ^AEverybody on an old jet plane ^Dcrossing their fingers and^G toes ^AGovernment man spin his ^Dpolitics till they got you pinned ^AEverybody trying to reach out to each other But they ^Ddon't know where to begin

I said ^Ahow come, I can't tell the ^Dfree world from living hell I said ^Ahow com^Ge ^{D A}How come all I see is a ^Dchild of god in misery A G D A G D (X 2) I said how come

^AThe pistol now as prophet, ^Dthe bullet some kind of lord and king But ^Apain is the only promise that this ^Dso called savior is ^Ggonna bring ^ALove can be a liar and ^Djustice can be a thief ^AAnd freedom can be an empty cup from which ^Deverybody want to drink

I said ^Ahow come I can't tell the ^Dfree world from living hell I said ^Ahow com^Ge ^{D A}How come all i see is a ^Dchild of God in misery I said ^Ahow come ^{G D}

It's just ^Aman killing man Killing man, ^Dkilling man, killing man I don't ^Aunderstand it ^{G D}

It's just ^Aman killing man Killing man, ^Dkilling man, killing man I don't ^Aunderstand it ^{G D}

It's just ^Aman killing man Killing man, ^DKilling man, Killing man Killing man,^A Killing man, Killing man Killing^D man, Killing man I don't ^Aunderstand it, I don't ^Dunderstand it I don't ^Aunderstand it, I don't ^Dunderstand it

^AHow come, I said ^Dhow come, ^AHow come, I said ^Dhow come