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) |