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, Continue to play 
F , C , and G7 ): 
A neighbor was passing my garden one time. 

She stopped and I knew right away, 

That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind. 

And this is what I heard my neighbor say, 

"That girl down the street should be run from our midst, 

She drinks and she talks quite a lot. 

She knows not to speak to my child or to me." 

My neighbor then smiled, and I thought.. 
 
 
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. 
 
(Also spoken, play same chords as well): 
 
A car speeded by, and the screaming of brakes. 

A sound that made my blood chill. 

For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path, 

And saved by a girl lyin' still. 

The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out, 

"Oh, was is that brave girl so sweet?" 

I covered the crushed, broken body and said, 

"The bad girl who lives down the street." 
 
 
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.