Year: 1992 - Album: Blind Melon
Written by Glen Graham/Shannon Hoon/Brad Smith/Rogers Stevens/Christopher Thorn
Intro: D C(addD) D C(addD) D C(addD) I was born on the banks off a hot muddy river D C(addD) The child of one stupid steamy night D C(addD) Born to roam beneath the sun D C(addD) D What do you think of me, I?m better left alone D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 Said I met a holy man who said that he knew the way D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5 And he?d like to show me so my life won't go astray D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 Take my hand child now little boy don?t you be afraid D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C I?ll take your soul and walk on water D C(addD) D Holyman, ya don?t understand C(addD) The cuts on me they run much deeper D C(addD) Holyman, you righteous man D C(addD) I?ve been shown the way a thousand times D D/F# C/E C D D/F# C/E C D Not one a keeper Older man he said I?ll tell you boy You?ve planted rotten seeds And in a land of happiness They?ll grow us evil trees Guided minds, and eyes that will never see Holyman I?ll tell you Just what it is that I believe -Chorus- Holyman I tell you man you gotta Believe in what you see ?Cause its you that corrupt us man and Deep throat philosophy I don?t need your spells or the little Games you try to pull on me Come to think of it I don?t need your religion -Chorus- D D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 I gotta look away C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 D C(addD) D C(addD) D I wish you would understand Everybody prays Let me find my own way -Chorus- C(addD) D Let me find my own way Holy man C(addD) D ya don't understand the cuts on me C(addD) D C(addD) they run much deeper Holy man you righteous man D C(addD) I've been shown the way a thousand times D C(addD) D C(addD) not one a keeper Not one a keeper D C D C Not one a keeper Not one a keeper D C D Not one a keeper