Chords for Why Am I Treated So Bad

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_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] In [D] the late 50s, [E] _ [D] I met a [E] man _ [G]
and [E] we became a big [D] good friend.
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I heard [E] this man talking [D] on the radio.
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I [E] wanted to meet him.
I [D] wanted to find him.
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Because I [E] never heard a man [D] _ [E] speak like [D] this man before.
[E] _ _ [D] Trying [E] to bring to the [D] world _ [E] _ [D] love, peace, and [E] happiness.
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[E] I found [D] him by phone.
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And I [E] called him [B] long time.
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And I [E] said to him, Dr.
King, [D] _ _ [E] I want [D] to have a little talk [E] with you.
_ [D] _ [E] He gave me [D] permission to come to [E] the Dexter Avenue [D] Rebel Church _ [E] in [D]
Montgomery, [E] Alabama, [G] _ where he was pastor [D] at that time.
[E] _ [D] And we sat [E] down and we [D] began to talk [E] about the condition that the [D] world was in.
[E] _ [D] And I said, Dr.
[E] King, [D] _ [E] you're preaching love, peace, and [G] happiness.
_ [E] I like what [D] you're doing.
_ [E] We just stay for singing with love, peace, [D] _ [E] and happiness [D] all over the world.
[Em] _ _ [B] Because if you [E] can preach it, we can [D] sing.
_ [E] From then [D] on, we began to work together.
[E] _ [D] And one day, [E] we were [D] preparing for a service [E] in Memphis, Tennessee.
[D] _
[E] And Dr.
King was [D] standing on the balcony [E] of the Lorraine [D] Motel where he was [E] assassinated.
_ [D] And he [E] looked down on me and said, Brother [D] Stapler, _ [E] I [D] want you to sing my [E] song tonight.
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[E] I said, oh yes, sir.
[D] What is your song?
[E] _ [D] And he said, [E] why _ [G] _ [E] am I treated [D] so bad?
[E] _ _ [G] I didn't [E] know that would be the last [D] time that I would meet my friend [E] alive.
_ [D] _ [Em] We went on to the [Bm] auditorium.
We just sang [E] this song that night.
[D] _ [E] And everywhere [D] I go, [E] _ [B] I sing this [E] song in memory [D] of Dr.
Martin Luther [Em] King.
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Mmm.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] I want to [D] dedicate this [E] number to [D] his wife Coretta Scott [E] King.
[D] Yeah.
_ [E] And the [D] whole family.
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[E] Yeah.
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Why _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [D] am I treated [E] so bad?
[B] Why am I treated [E] so bad? _
Tell [A] me _ [G] why [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [G] am I treated so bad?
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_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] I'm all alone [A] every single time.
[B] You're my call.
[A] I've done [Bm] nobody wrong, [D] but I'm treated [E] so bad.
Why [B] am [E] _ [D] I treated [Em] so bad?
You know [D] what I'm going to [E] do.
_ [D] I'm [E] going to [D] walk _ [E] _ _ _ _
out [D] in the mass [E] name.
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_ [G] Things [A] I [Em] do, _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] they [Em] seem to be [E] in vain.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] You may be blind, [A] you may be lame.
[B]
Walk on out in my Jesus name, [G] though you're treated [E] so bad.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [D] You're treated [E] so bad.
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_ [E] _ It's a mighty lonely, _ [D]
yes [E] it is.
You [D] know I ain't got [E] no friends.
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_ [E] _ _ [D] It's a [A] battle [Em] we're _ [A] in.
[G] _ _ [A] You [Em] know no other [E] thing.
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] Think I heard [A] somebody call my name.
[B] Weather up and low.
[A] _ They're gonna change [G] till I'm treated [E] so bad.
[B] Why [E] am [D] I treated [E] so bad?
[D] Ooh.
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Ooh.
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] Ooh.
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_ [Em] _ _ [A] Ooh.
[Em] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ You may be blind, [A] you may be lame.
[B]
Walk on out, [D] tell me what's the name, don't you treat me [E] so bad.
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