[Riff]
 
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---0-3p0---0--------|
D|-3-------3----------|
A|-------------3-1----|
E|-----------------3--|
 
 
[Intro]
A/C#                          C
 As you're slipping down the wall
                         A/C#
And you're headed for a fall
                             C
As you're slipping down the wall
N.C.                                   Bb5  A5  G5   F5  Bb5  G5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
                                       Bb5  A5  G5   F5  Bb5  G5
Why do they kick you when you're down?
 
|Riff |Riff |Riff |Riff |
 
 
[Verse 1]
 C
Hey, mama
                           Riff    Riff
Why are you beatin' on my head?
 C
Hey, hey, woman
                          Riff
Why do you kick me outta bed?
   Riff
I said
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E                C
 Is it something, is it something that I said?
 
 
[Chorus]
   Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no)
 F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
         F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no) Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
        F5  Bb5    G5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb5  A5     G5
And you're headed for a fall
 F5  Bb5   G5                        Riff
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
Riff                               Riff    Riff
 Why do they kick you when you're down?
 
 
[Verse 2]
  C
Shady lady
                               Riff    Riff
You think that money grows on trees
C                                         Riff
 Rotten apples by the barrel ain't a delicacy
     Riff
You see
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E                   C
 Is this is the way, the way it's meant to be?
 
 
[Chorus]
   Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no)
 F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
         F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no) Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
        F5  Bb5    G5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb5  A5     G5
And you're headed for a fall
 F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
                F5  Bb5   G5
(Oh no) So down
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
    E
And I don't need to say
    C
To say it ain't a sacrifice
 
 
[Solo]
|Bb5  A5  G5   |F5  Bb5  G5   | 2x
 
|Bb5  A5  C5   |F5  Bb5  G5   | 2x
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E                   C
 Is this is the way, the way it's meant to be?
 
 
[Chorus]
   Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no)
 F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
         F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no) Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
        F5  Bb5    G5
(Oh no) As you're slippin' down the wall
Bb5  A5     G5
And you're headed for a fall
 F5  Bb5   G5                             Bb5  A5  C5
Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
         Bb5  A5   G5                             Bb5  A5  C5
(Oh no) Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
         Bb5  A5   G5                             Bb5  A5  C5
(Oh no) Why   do  they kick you when you're down?
            Bb5  A5  G5
(Oh no) Why do  they kick you
      Bb5      A5       C5                    Bb5  A5  G5
Man, they're trying to trick you when you're down