G
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------| Play with the G during the verse
D|-------------------------------------|
A|---3---3---2---2---0---0---2---2-|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 C
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------| Play with the C during the verse
D|---3---3---2---2---0---0---2---2-|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|-------------------------------------|

[Verse]

G
The girl in the park lays deadly still she's up on the top the top of the hill
          C                                                                           G
She's got all of the things you read about and all of the things you have to live without... Hey
G
At the end of the block there's a family of four they got food on the table and little more
    C                                                    G
And everyday they work and save just to keep the hunger away... Hey

[Chorus]

C         D
 And they hear...
Em     G      D     Em     G      D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C                  G
Do you know what I mean?

[Verse]

G
Kids on the block in the summer heat they got little to do and less to eat
         C                                                                             G
And they watch the water running by and at night they lay in bed and they just want to cry... Hey
G
In a black car under a skyscraper sits a big man he's a money maker
         C                                                                        G
He's got all the things you ever wanted and none of the things you ever taught to me... Hey

[Chorus]

C         D
 And they hear...
Em     G      D     Em     G      D     Em     G      D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C                  G
Do you know what I mean?

[Verse]

G
In a three flat in the suburbs there's mom and a dad and boy and his girl
               C                                                                       G
And they gotta car in the garage and everything else that Uncle Sam will let them sign for... Hey
G
In a big town of a hundred thou' theres a here, a tomorrow, a day, and an hour
            C                                                                              G
And they're building up and cashing in I can see it in their faces I can smell it in there fumes... Hey

[Chorus]

C         D
 And they hear...
Em     G      D     Em     G      D     Em     G      D     Em     G      D
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
C                  G
Do you know what I mean?