Don’t Laugh At Me
Allen Shamblin/Steve Seskin
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Intro   D  -  Bm  -  G  -  A7
    D
1.D I’m the little boy with glasses
    D
D  The one they call a geek.
            Bm
J  A little girl that never smiles

J  ‘cause I’ve got braces on my teeth
       G  /F#         Em
   And I know how it feels
                     A7
   To cry myself to sleep
    D
D  I’m the kid on every playground
    D
D  That’s always chosen last
             Bm
J  A single teenage mother

J  Trying to overcome my past
        G     /F#            Em
   You don’t have to be my friend
                          A7
   But is it too much to ask?

Refrain
                  D
   Don’t laugh at me
                  Bm
   Don’t call me names
                   G                A7
   Don’t get your pleasure from my pain
             D                  Bm
   In God’s eyes we’re all the same
                  G                A7
   Someday we’ll all have perfect wings
                  D
   Don’t laugh at me

   D  -  Bm  -  G  -  A7

2.J I’m the cripple on the corner
J  You’ve passed me on the street.
J  And I wouldn’t be out here begging
J  If I had enough to eat.
J  And don’t think I don’t notice
J  That our eyes never meet.
D  I lost my wife and little boy
D  When someone crossed the yellow line
D  The day they laid them on the ground
D  Is the day I lost my mind.
D  And now I’m down to holding
D  This little cardboard sign.
 
Refrain

Break 1
   D - Bm
       G          D/F#
D  I’m fat, J I’m thin
        Em         A7
D  I’m short, I’m tall
        G         D/F#
J  I’m deaf, I’m blind
        Em       A7
   Hey aren’t we all.

Refrain

Break 2
D  I’m black, J I’m white
   And I am brown
J  I’m Jewish, D I’m Christian
   And I am Moslem.
D  I’m very, very young
J  And I’m quite aged
D  I’m quite wealthy
J  And I’m very, very poor.

Refrain
Refrain

   D - Bm

Ending
    G  D/F#   Em     A7
   My country tis of thee
    G    D/F#    Em  A7
   Sweet land of liberty
   G        A7      D
   It is of thee I sing.