C     G     F
People just ain't no good
                            C     G     F
A thing that's well understood
                               C     G     F
You can see it everywhere you look
                            G     G7
People just ain't no good

                             C     G     F
We were married under cherry trees
                           C     G     F
Under blossom we made our vows
                           C     G     F
All the blossoms come sailing down
                                        G        G7
Through the streets and through the playgrounds

                               C     G     F
The sun would stream on the sheets
                        C     G     F
Awoken by the morning bird
                           C     G     F
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
                        G      G7
Never read a single word


[Chorus]
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F   G
People, they ain't no good at all

                        C     G     F
Seasons came, seasons went
                             C     G     F
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
                               C     G     F
A different tree now lines the streets
                              G      G7
Shaking its fists in the air

                         C     G     F
The winter slammed us like a fist
                         C     G     F
The windows rattling in the gales
                         C     G     F
To which she drew the curtains
                           G      G7
Made out of her wedding veils


[Chorus]
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F   G
People, they ain't no good at all

                C                  F
To our love, send a dozen white lilies
                C                 F
To our love, send a coffin of wood
                C                 F
To our love, let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
                Dm                   G
That people, they just ain't no good

                 C                F
To our love, send back all the letters
                 C                F
To our love, a valentine of blood
                 C                F
To our love, let all the jilted lovers cry
           Dm                           G
That people, they just ain't no good

                                    C         G     F
It ain’t that in their hearts they're bad
                                  C       G     F
They can comfort you, some even try
                                      C       G     F
They nurse you when you're ill of health
                             G      G7
They bury you when you go and die

                                      C         G     F
It ain't that in their hearts they’re bad
                               C         G     F
They'd stick by you if they could
                      C         G     F
But that's just bullshit
                          G      G7
People just ain't no good


[Chorus]
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F
People, they ain't no good
             C     G   F   G
People, they ain't no good at all