[Intro]
Dsus4 Fmaj7 C
E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-----0---0---|
B|------3-----------3--------1---------1-------|
G|----2---------------2----2-----------0-------| x3
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Dsus4 Fmaj7 C
E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-------------|
B|------3-----------3--------1-----------------|
G|----2---------------2----2-------------------|
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3----3p0-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[The chords in the verses and choruses
are played something like this:]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
E|------1----1-x---0----0-----0----0-1---1-3p1---1---|
B|------3----3-x---1----1-----1----1-3---3-3-----3---|
G|------2----2-x---2----2-----0----0-2---2-2-----2---|
D|--0-0----------3-----------------------------0-----|
A|------------------------3-3------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
[Chorus]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you play this: [I think he doesn't play this in the
version that's on the single, but he does in the version
I have]
Dm E Dm E
E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--|
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--|
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------|
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Dm E Dm
e|-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B|---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G|--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D|--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
[play like verse 1]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said he was in love
Dm Fmaj7 C
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
Dm
I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
Dm Fmaj7 C
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man
Dm
I'm cuttin' off his balls."
Dm Fmaj7
And then she heads for the clinic and
C Dm
she gets some static walking through the door
Dm Fmaj7 C
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
Dm
and they call her a whore
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
[Chorus]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C
Then you really might know what it's like...
[Bridge]
Dsus4 Fmaj7 C
E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-----0---0---|
B|------3-----------3--------1---------1-------|
G|----2---------------2----2-----------0-------|
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Dm
I've seen a rich man beg
Fmaj7
I've seen a good man sin
C
I've seen a tough man cry
Dm
I've seen a loser win
Fmaj7
And a sad man grin
C
I heard an honest man lie
Dm
I've seen the good side of bad
Fmaj7
And the downside of up
C
And everything between
Dm
I licked the silver spoon
Fmaj7
Drank from the golden cup
C
And smoked the finest green
Dm
I stroked the fattest dimes
Fmaj7
at least a couple of times
C
Before I broke their heart
Dm
You know where it ends,
Fmaj7
yo, it usually depends
C
on where you start
[when you've played the bridge you play this:]
Dm E Dm E
E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--|
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--|
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------|
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Dm E Dm
e|-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B|---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G|--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D|--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
[play like verses 1 & 2]
Dm Fmaj7
I knew this kid named Max
C Dm
who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
Dm Fmaj7
He liked to hang out late
C Dm
he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
Dm Fmaj7
You know it comes that way
C Dm
At least that's what they say when you play the game
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
[Chorus]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm
to have to lose
[Outro]
Dm Fmaj7
E|-----1-----1-----1----------0-----0-----0------|
B|-------3-----3-----3----------1-----1-----1----|
G|---2-----2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-0----------------------3----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
C Dm
e|------0-----0-----0----------1-----1-----3-1--|
B|--------1-----1-----1----------3-----3--------|
G|----------0-----0-----0----2-----2-----2------|
D|----2--------------------0--------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
(repeat the outro and fade out)
