Key: C
Introduction:
C G F
People just ain't no good
C G F
I think that's well understood
C G F
You can see it everywhere you look
G G7
People just ain't no good
C G F
We were married under cherry trees
C G F
Under blossom we made our vows
C G F
All the blossoms come sailing down
G G7
Through the streets and through the playgrounds
C G F
The sun would stream on the sheets
C G F
Awoken by the morning bird
C G F
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
G G7
And never read a single word
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F G G7
People they ain't no good
C G F
Seasons came, seasons went
C G F
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
C G F
A different tree now lines the streets
G G7
Shaking its fists in the air
C G F
The winter slammed us like a fist
C G F
The windows rattling in the gales
C G F
To which she drew the curtains
G G7
Made out of her wedding veils
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F G G7
People they ain't no good
C F
To our love send a dozen white lilies
C F
To our love send a coffin of wood
C F
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
Dm G
That people they just ain't no good
C F
To our love send back all the letters
C F
To our love a valentine of blood
C F
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
Dm G
That people they just ain't no good
C G F
It ain't in their hearts they're bad
C G F
They can comfort you, some even try
C G F
They nurse you when you're ill of health
G G7
They bury you when you go and die
C G F
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
C G F
They'd stick by you if they could
C G F
But that's just bullshit
G G7
People just ain't no good
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F
People they ain't no good
C G F G
People they ain't no good