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What it's like (Single-Version)

Everlast
Von dem Album "Whitey Ford sings the Blues" 1999
Benutzte Akkorde:

Akkorde What it's like

Intro:
Dsus4  -  Dm  -  Fmaj7  -  C (4x)

Verse 1:
Dm             Fmaj7                               C                  Dsus2      Dm
We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
                   Fmaj7                          C                    Dsus2      Dm
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked and full of mange
                         Fmaj7                      C                       Dsus2      Dm
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
               Fmaj7         C              Dsus2      Dm 
Get job, you fuckin' slob‘s all he replies
 

Refrain:
          Fmaj7                         C                  Dsus2      Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
                           Fmaj7                            C                 Dsus2      Dm 
Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C 
Then you really might know what it's like
 

Verse 2:
Dm       Fmaj7                                       C                           Dsus2      Dm
Mary got preg-nant from a kid named Tom, who said he was in love
                                     Fmaj7                                   C                           Dsus2      Dm
He said, "Don't worry 'bout a thing, baby doll, I'm the man you've been dreamin' of"
                     Fmaj7                                C                       Dsus2      Dm
But three months later he say he won't date her or retum her call
                                   Fmaj7                       C                        Dsus2      Dm
And she sweared, "God damn, if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls."
                                 Fmaj7                                    C                                Dsus2      Dm
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walk in' through the door
                   Fmaj7                             C                             Dsus2      Dm
They call her killer, and they call her sinner, and they call her whore

Refrain: 
          Fmaj7                         C                  Dsus2      Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
                          Fmaj7                                C            Dsus2      Dm 
Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C 
Then you really might know what it's like

Verse 3:
Dsus4                                  Dm                    Fmaj7                               C
I've seen a rich man beg, I've seen a good man sin,- I've seen a tough man cry.
Dsus4                         Dm             Fmaj7                               C
I've seen a  loser win- and sad man grin, I heard an honest man lie
Dsus4                                  Dm                    Fmaj7                               C
I've seen the good side of bad and the down side of up and everything between
Dsus4                           Dm                    Fmaj7                               C
licked the silver spoon, drunk from golden cup, and smoked the finest green
Dsus4                                  Dm                    Fmaj7                               C
stroked the bad, dest dimes-at least couple of time be fore I broke they heart
Dsus4                            Dm                  Fmaj7                       C
You know where it ends, yo, it usu 'ly - depends on where you start

Refrain: 
         Fmaj7                         C                  Dsus2      Dm
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
                         Fmaj7                                C            Dsus2      Dm 
Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C           Dsus2      Dm
Then you really might know what it's like
               Fmaj7                                   C                     Dm
Then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Outro:
Fmaj7  -  C  -  Dm  -  Fmaj7 (2x) 

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Datum der letzten Änderung: 11.08.99