G 
Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab 
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After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head 
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My mama said bring him on in and when they told her where I'd been  
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She said why can't people just get along 
 
Well mama never said a word as she patched my head 
I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed 
I said mama I hope you ain't mad, she said come on we're going back  
Hey why can't people just get along 
 
Chorus  
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Why can't people just get along 
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What a world it would be if we could all just have fun 
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'Cause it don't do nobody right when it comes down to a fight  
    G         D                G 
Hey why can't people just get along 
 
Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have 
Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand 
She went in swingin' and when she got through 
Everybody saw her point of view she said 
Why can't people just get along