What It's Like chords by Everlast

Artist: Everlast
Song: What it's like
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/7pMVB2oz4Q4SlfTvvevNro
Tabbed by: hjelmgren
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Info: E (xx0453)


Intro: x4

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e|--------3--1--3p1------------0-0-------0-0--|
B|------3------------3p0-------1---------1----|
G|----2----------------------2----------------|
D|--0----------------------3-----------2------|
A|-----------------------------------3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
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We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change.
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The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange.
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He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes.
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"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies.
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God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes.
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues.


Chrous:
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...


Interlude:
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Verse 2:
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Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom, that said he was in love.
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He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll, I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
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But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
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And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man, I'm cuttin' off his balls."
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And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walking through the door.
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They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner and they call her a whore.
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God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes.
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose.


Chrous:
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...


Bridge: (Picked like the intro)
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I've seen a rich man beg. I've seen a good man sin. I've seen a tough man cry.
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I've seen a loser win. And a sad man grin. I heard an honest man lie.
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I've seen the good side of bad. And the downside of up. And everything between.
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I licked the silver spoon. Drank from the golden cup. And smoked the finest green.
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I stroked the fattest dimes, at least a couple of times. Before I broke their heart.
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You know where it ends, it usually depends, on where you start.


Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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I knew this kid named Max, who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs.
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He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs.
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Until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head.
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He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead.
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Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain.
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You know it comes that way, at least that's what they say when you play the game.
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God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news.
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'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose.


Chrous:
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
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Then you really might know what it's like...  to have to lose.


Outro
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