Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
.....C......G......D......Am.....Em...
e|---0------3------2------0------0---|
BB|---1------3------3------1------0---|
G+G|---0------0------2------2------0---|
D MajorD|---2------0------0------2------2---|
A augmentedA|---3------2------0------0------2---|
E MajorE|----------3--------------------0---|
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Intro:
.....G.....C..G..........G...................
e|---3--3--0-----3-----|--------------------|
BB|---3--3--1-----3-----|--------------------|
G+G|---0--0--0--0--0-----|--------------------|
D MajorD|---0--0--2--0--0-----|--0--0--------------|
A augmentedA|------------2--------|--2--2-2-2h3p2------|
E MajorE|------------3--------|--3--3----------3---|
REPEAT then:
DRUMS ENTER:
C..C..C..G.. x2
C..C..C..Am..D..
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C............G............
So what if I burn my hands
C........G.....
when I unloaded
....C..............
hot dishes from the
G..............D...
dishwashing machine
C............G......
It's just my job sir
C.............G.......
I do what I'm paid for
....C..............G......
You won't catch me walking
..........D..........
home from work crying
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C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............Am...D...
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C...............G........
So what if this apron has
C..............G...
many stains of red?
....C...............G....
and red is the same color
.....D...............
that runs in my veins
C..........G.....
I'm just a number
C...........G....
swimming in water
C..........G....
I'm just another
......D..................
dirty dish in the machine
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C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............Am..D..
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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Am.........C.....
Every dish I wash
..G................D...
I wash for someone else
Am.............C....
I ain't an old woman
.......G................D.....
on the beach collecting shells
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Am..Em.. x2
G..C..G.. G.. x2 (Played like the intro)
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C...........G...............
So what if I could have made
C...............G............
millions in the stock market?
C.......G..............
I never much understood
D.............
numbers anyway
C..........G.....
I wash the dishes
C............G......
someone must do that
C............G...
people don't want
.............D....................
to eat their food off dirty plates
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C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............Am..D..
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C..............G.........
And so what if people are
C.............G........
walking right by me and
C............G..........
seeing right through me?
..D..................
I do the same to them
....C..................G.....
And who cares that the planet
...C..........G.......
is turning on cruelty?
..C..........G........
a cold metal axis that
D...............
cuts off my head
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C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............G.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C.............Am..D..
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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......Am...............C.....
Maybe some day all the people
.......G................D...
in the world so big and wide
.....Am...............C.....
will turn just like a record
.....G..............D...
over to their other side
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Am..Em.. x2
G..C..G.. G.. x2 (Played like the intro)
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