Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Chords:
Am7/11 x02233
Am6 x02212
D9 x54530
E9 x76777
Verse 1:
AmAm7/11
Skint in a material world
Am6Am
I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl
AmAm7/11
It was Hong Kong clothes for cash
Am6Am
Everybody got treated worse than trash
D9
Punch the card in the company clock
Am7/11
Load trolleys and the company trucks
Am
And around and around the whole day through
D9Am
And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do
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Verse 2:
AmAm7/11
Well, they had beaten up people from every land
Am6Am
Fools like me trying to be in bands
AmAm7/11
A little French girl so good to me
Am6Am
But I couldn't love her back so lonely
D9
It was a backpacker travelling through
AmA lumberjack with the travelling blues
Am
We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs
D9Am
Big ideas that were never big enough
Chorus:
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
Verse 3:
AmAm7/11
Some were grown up unlike me
Am6Am
And were dealing with reality
AmAm7/11
I was spitting, sulking, smoking, shirking
Am6Am
While the lady from Jamaica was singing and working
D9
I had everyone but me to blame
Am
And everyday was just the same
Am
Well, nobody ever said it was a righteous world
D9Am
But if they did, they never said to that south sea girl
Chorus:
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
Verse 4:
AmAm7/11
Well, I've made my bed on people's floors
Am6Am
Opened up and closed some doors
AmAm7/11
Dreamed that if my dreams came true
Am6Am
Then I wouldn't do what I didn't want to
D9
Walking through the gates to the outside
AmAm7/11
To dream some dreams that never died
Am
And I walked the streets of London town
D9AmE9
Looking for a place to put my head down
Chorus:
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
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