G
We didn't know for sure, but everybody said
C                                            G
That ol' boy ain't right in the head, he's a little slow
We'd hide in the bushes not making a sound
     C                                       G
When he'd walk by we'd push him down on that dirt road
Em            Bm           C
I was just as guilty as my friends
Em              Bm                C
We had a lot of laughs at his ex- pense

[Chorus]
               G             C
He wasn't like us, he wasn't cool
          Em         D                   C
He'd just smile even while we were being cruel
         G                  C
He stood out, he didn't fit in
            Em                          D                C
But we kept throwing the stones, no, we didn't let up on him
         Em                       D                 C
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss
               G
He wasn't like us

[Verse]
      G                                  C
Later on he made a name in our town, for hanging out
                            G           C
And running around with the rough crowd
          G
They were boozers and losers and low class broads
       C                                      G              C
But he saw good in 'em nobody else saw and he brought it out
         Em                         Bm                  C
Then the rumors started flyin' that he was some kind of holy man
    Em                      Bm                             C
But we set him straight and told him to his face, he was a crazy man

[Chorus]
               G             C
He wasn't like us, he wasn't cool
          Em         D                   C
He'd just smile even while we were being cruel
         G                  C
He stood out, he didn't fit in
            Em                          D                C
But we kept throwing the stones, no, we didn't let up on him
         Em                       D                 C
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss
               G
He wasn't like us

[Bridge]
            Am                       Bm               C
Well, I re- member the day he got in trouble with the law
     Em                            D
They cussed him and kicked him and mocked him and whipped him
         C
And they nailed him to the cross

[Tag]
               G                 C
He wasn't like us, he didn't fit in
           Em         D              C
And I fell down on my knees and wept for him
         Em                       D                 C
He never said a mean word, no, he never even made a fuss
         Em                 D                   C
He never did nothing wrong, all he ever did was love
               G
He wasn't like us, he wasn't like us -----