The Right Thing Chords by Eric Bibb

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Dead old boys [Ab] with old men's eyes _
Killing each other like squatting flies _
They don't know _ life's a gift _
Get ready, we got to make a shift
It's [Abm] always the right [Ab] time to _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] [Ab] do the right thing _ _ _ _ _ _
Teenage children who can hardly read _
Making babies they can barely see
It's like a foreign country in our own backyard
How did that music get to be so hard?
[G]
It's [Abm] always the right [Ab] time, _ _ [Db] yeah
To [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] do the right [Eb] thing, to _ [Gm] _ [Ab] do the right thing
The _ _ _ _
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[G] [Ab] ghost of slavery _ still haunts the nation
[Gm] [Fm] Jungle won't make it go [Bb] away
[Eb] _ [Cm] _ [D]
[Gm] So [Ab] many died _ in freedom's name
[Eb] To [Ab] give it up now would be a crying shame
It's always the right time to _ [Gb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] [Gb] do the [Bbm] right [Eb] thing
_ To _ [Bb] do the right [Eb] thing, _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] to do the right thing
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Human kindness worth more than gold
It's time to give it away on a jerry [G]-go-roll
It's [Abm] always the right [Ab] time to _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] do the right [Ab] thing
_ [Eb] To [Gm] _ [Fm] do the right [Ab] thing, _ [Eb] to _ [Bb] [Db] do the right [Ab] thing
_ [Eb] [Ab] Do [Bb] _ [Fm] the right [Eb] thing, do _ [Bb] _ the right thing [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] Do [Gb] the right [Gm] [Eb] thing, _ _ [Bb] _ [Gb] do the right [Ab] thing
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Do [Fm] the right [Eb] thing
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