Key: G
Introduction: G C G C
G C
Saw the swing of the hammer
G C
Heard the crack of the ball
G C
Saw the tenement tumble
G C G
Saw the tenement fall
C
Saw the baby in the manger___
G C G C
He was sleeping through it all
G C
Well, I read a story
G C
About a man in a room
G C
I guess he spoke his mind, but
G C G
I guess he spoke too soon
C
Well, he should've kept them guessing___
G C G C
Instead of howling at the moon
G C
Shoved my hands in my pockets
G C
And I shuffled in time
G C
Took my place at the back of
G C G
The unemployment line
C
Standing like a statue___
G C
Deaf dumb and blind
G C
Deaf dumb and blind
G C
Saw the swing of the hammer
G C
Heard the crack of the ball
G C
Saw the tenement tumble
G C G
Saw the tenement fall
C
Saw the baby in the manger___
G C
He was sleeping through it all
G C
Through it all
G C G C G D G
Through it all