(INTRO) A G D (X 4) A D People on the street now, faces long and grim A D G Souls are feeling heavy and faith is growing thin A D Fears are getting stronger you can feel them on the rise A D Hopelessness got some by the throat you can see it in their eyes A GDA GD I said how come How come A D Everybody on a shoestring, everybody in a hole A D G Everybody on an old jet plane crossing their fingers and toes A D Government man spin his politics till they got you pinned A Everybody trying to reach out to each other D But they don't know where to begin (CHORUS) A D I said how come, I can't tell the free world from living hell A GD I said how come A D How come all I see is a child of god in misery A G D A G D (X 2) I said how come A D The pistol now as prophet, the bullet some kind of lord and king A D G But pain is the only promise that this so called savior is gonna bring A D Love can be a liar and justice can be a thief A D And freedom can be an empty cup from which everybody want to drink (CHORUS) A D I said how come I can't tell the free world from living hell A GD I said how come A D How come all i see is a child of God in misery A D I said how come A It's just man killing man D Killing man, killing man, killing man A D I don't understand it A It's just man killing man D Killing man, killing man, killing man A D I don't understand it A It's just man killing man D Killing man, Killing man, Killing man A Killing man, Killing man, Killing man D Killing man, Killing man A D I don't understand it, I don't understand it A D I don't understand it, I don't understand it A D A D How come, I said how come, How come, I said how come