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No Can Do Chords by Mark Knopfler

No Can Do chords by Mark Knopfler

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords:
Am7/11  x02233
Am6     x02212
D9      x54530
E9      x76777

Verse 1:
Am                   Am7/11
Skint in a material world
Am6                                    Am
I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl
        Am                   Am7/11
It was Hong Kong clothes for cash
Am6                                    Am
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
        D9                                             Am
And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do
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Verse 2:
                Am                          Am7/11
Well, they had beaten up people from every land
Am6                                    Am
Fools like me trying to be in bands
   Am                           Am7/11
A little French girl so good to me
       Am6                             Am
But I couldn't love her back so lonely
          D9
It was a backpacker travelling through
   Am
A lumberjack with the travelling blues
        Am
We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs
D9                              Am
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:
Am                        Am7/11
Some were grown up unlike me
          Am6                 Am
And were dealing with reality
        Am                            Am7/11
I was spitting, sulking, smoking, shirking
           Am6                                  Am
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
             D9                                        Am
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:
            Am                       Am7/11
Well, I've made my bed on people's floors
Am6                                Am
Opened up and closed some doors
  Am                            Am7/11
Dreamed that if my dreams came true
        Am6                            Am
Then I wouldn't do what I didn't want to
           D9
Walking through the gates to the outside
    Am                           Am7/11
To dream some dreams that never died
       Am
And I walked the streets of London town
 D9                                 Am      E9
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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