[Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way [Verse 1] Em B7 Em Woman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite Em B7 Anything that good, God knows, just had to be right Em Well they woke up naked with a big headache Am He been done in by a slippery snake Em B7 Em a man and a woman get to live a while and then they die [Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way [Verse 2] Em B7 Em Politicians make promises that they can't keep Em B7 They keep printin' money ‘till they get in way too deep Em It's the same old lesson, they never learn, Am They're too busy workin' on their next term Em B7 Em Politicians keep makin' fools out of you and me [Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way [Verse 3] Em B7 Em Money breeds war, as long as there's a man alive Em B7 Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight Em High-rollers crap out ev'ry time, Am roll a soldier's bones like loaded dice Em B7 Em War is the beast that makes ev'ry mother cry [Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way [Verse 4] Em B7 Em He told the truth, and they hung him up to die Em B7 The son of God who created you and I Em He said it in the Good Book and letters in red Am But we keep on forgettin' ev'ry thing He said Em B7 Em Jesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I [Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way [Chorus] Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em It's been that way since the git go Em Am It's been that way since the git go B7 Em Lord it's always been that way