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?