Mean Mary - Casting Stones
## NOTE: ~ = Bass Walk-Down from G to Em ##
[Intro]
G ~ Em C D G C G C
[Verse 1]
Em C G
Do we close our curtains when we hear our neighbour call
D C G
So we won’t see him suffer when his back's to the wall?
~ Em C G
Do we sit back silent and watch a brother fall?
D C G C G C
Do we love so little, we are no friend at all?
[Chorus 1]
D
Do we look right past him
C G ~
Tell him life’s a glass thing
Em C D
Prone to shatter, full of vast unknowns
G
Where we pay for every last thing
C G ~
And retribution’s fast sting
Em C D G C G C
Comes from hands forever casting stones
[Verse 2]
Em C G
Do we cut and condemn and never comprehend
D C G ~
That trust can turn into a dividend
Em C G
And love will leave you richer in the end
D C G C G C
Or do we love so little, we are no true friend
[Chorus 2]
D
Oh, is it easier to blast him
C G ~
And spend our time forecasting
Em C D
That he’ll, no doubt, lose everything he owns
G
We remember every past thing
C G ~
Our memory’s everlasting
Em C D G C G C
And so we are forever casting stones
[Instrumental]
Em C D G C G C
[Verse 3]
Em C G
When he looks on luck, do we have to have it
D C G
When he bends his back, do we reach to stab it
~ Em C G
If he has a little hope, do we always grab it
D C G C G C
And drag him down, like a hound on a rabbit
[Chorus 1]
D
Do we look right past him
C G ~
Tell him life’s a glass thing
Em C D
Prone to shatter, full of vast unknowns
G
Where we pay for every last thing
C G ~
And retribution’s fast sting
Em C D
Comes from hands forever
G C G ~
Remember casting are memories everlasting
Em N.C.
And so we are forever casting stones