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Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it was recorded by Hank Williams and many other artists. Most of it is spoken telling a story about gossip.
Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw
by Hank Williams Sr. written by Bonnie Dodd [3/4 time]
F C
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
F C
The seeds of distrust it will sow
F C
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life
G7 C
Be careful of stones that you throw
Spoken:
F
A neighbor was passing my garden one time
C G7
She stopped and I knew right away
C
That it was gossip not flowers she had on her mind
G7 C
And this is what I heard my neighbor say
F
That girl down the street should be run from our midst
C G7
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
C
She knows not to speak to my child or to me
G7 C
My neighbor then smiled and I thought
Repeat #1
Spoken:
F
A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes
C G7
A sound that made my blood chill
C
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
G7 C
And saved by a girl lying still
F
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out
C G7
Oh who was that brave girl so sweet
C
I covered the crushed broken body and said
G7 C
The bad girl who lived down the street
Repeat #1
As you recite the verses that are spoken, strum the chords on your guitar, it really adds to the poem. It's not difficult to do, just copy and paste Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw lyrics and chords so you can learn this country classic.
