Neighborhood Bully chords

[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
Well, the [D]neighborhood [A]bully, he's just one [E]man,
His [D]enemies [A]say he's on their [E]land.
They [G]got him out[D]numbered about a million to [A]one,
He got [A]no place to e[E]scape to, [G]no place to [D]run.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 2]
The n[D]eighborhood b[A]ully just lives to su[E]rvive,
He's cri[D]ticized and co[A]ndemned for being [E]alive.
He's not su[G]pposed to fight [D]back, he's supposed to have [A]thick skin,
He's supp[A]osed to lay down[E] and die w[G]hen his door is kicke[D]d in.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 3]
The neighb[D]orhood bully [A]been driven out of ev[E]ery land,
He's wand[D]ered the ea[A]rth an exiled m[E]an.
Seen his [G]family scatt[D]ered, his people hounded and[A] torn,
He's al[A]ways on tr[E]ial for ju[G]st being b[D]orn.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 4]
Well, he k[D]nocked out a [A]lynch mob, he was cri[E]ticized,
Old [D]women condemned[A] him, said he should a[E]pologize.
Then [G]he destroyed a b[D]omb factory, nobody was g[A]lad.
The bom[A]bs were meant[E] for him. [G]He was supposed to fee[D]l bad.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 5]
Well, the ch[D]ances are aga[A]inst it and the odds [E]are slim
That[D] he'll live by the [A]rules that the world makes f[E]or him,
'Caus[G]e there's a noose [D]at his neck and a gun at his[A] back
And a l[A]icense to kil[E]l him is g[G]iven out to every [D]maniac.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 6]
He got no [D]allies t[A]o really speak [E]of.
What he ge[D]ts he must pay for, h[A]e don't get it out of [E]love.
He bu[G]ys obsolete[D] weapons and he won't be den[A]ied
But no [A]one sends fle[E]sh and blo[G]od to fight by his [D]side.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 7]
Well, he's su[D]rrounded by p[A]acifists who all want[E] peace,
They pra[D]y for it nightl[A]y that the bloodshed must [E]cease.
Now, [G]they wouldn't hurt a[D] fly. To hurt one they would[A] weep.
They la[A]y and they wa[E]it for thi[G]s bully to fall [D]asleep.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 8]
Every empi[D]re that's[A] enslaved him is g[E]one,
Egyp[D]t and Rome,[A] even the great Ba[E]bylon.
He's [G]made a gard[D]en of paradise in the desert[A] sand,
In b[A]ed with nob[E]ody, under[G] no one's co[D]mmand.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 9]
Now his ho[D]liest books h[A]ave been trampled up[E]on,
No contract [D]he signed was wor[A]th what it was wri[E]tten on.
He to[G]ok the crumbs of the [D]world and he turned it into [A]wealth,
Took si[A]ckness and di[E]sease and [G]he turned it into [D]health.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 10]
What's any[D]body indeb[A]ted to him f[E]or?
Noth[D]in', they say. H[A]e just likes to ca[E]use war.
Pride[G] and prejud[D]ice and superstition in[A]deed,
They wa[A]it for this b[E]ully like a d[G]og waits to [D]feed.
He's the neighborhood [A]bully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]

[VERSE 11]
What has h[D]e done to [A]wear so many s[E]cars?
Does he change the [D]course of rivers? D[A]oes he pollute the moon and s[E]tars?
Neigh[G]borhood bul[D]ly, standing on the [A]hill,
Running[A] out the c[E]lock, time[G] standing st[D]ill,
Neighborhood b[A]ully. [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]