[F]                                 [C] nA tongue can accuse and carry bad news, n    [F]                         [C] nThe seeds of distrust it will sow. n    [F]                                      [C] nBut unless you've made no mistakes in your life, n              [G7              C] nBe careful of stones that you throw. n n n n(Spoken, Continue to play [F],[ C], and [G7]): n nA neighbor was passing my garden one time. nShe stopped and I knew right away, nThat it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind. nAnd this is what I heard my neighbor say, n"That girl down the street should be run from our midst, nShe drinks and she talks quite a lot. nShe knows not to speak to my child or to me." nMy neighbor then smiled, and I thought.. n n n n[F]                                 [C] nA tongue can accuse and carry bad news, n    [F]                         [C] nThe seeds of distrust it will sow. n    [F]                                      [C] nBut unless you've made no mistakes in your life, n              [G7              C] nBe careful of stones that you throw. n n n n(Also spoken, play same chords as well): n nA car speeded by, and the screaming of brakes. nA sound that made my blood chill. nFor my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path, nAnd saved by a girl lyin' still. nThe child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out, n"Oh, was is that brave girl so sweet?" nI covered the crushed, broken body and said, n"The bad girl who lives down the street." n n n n[F]                                 [C] nA tongue can accuse and carry bad news, n    [F]                         [C] nThe seeds of distrust it will sow. n    [F]                                      [C] nBut unless you've made no mistakes in your life, n              [G7              C] nBe careful of stones that you throw. n n nTabbed by Joe Wallace, Countrytabs.com