Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Intro: Ab C#6 C C7 C#6 C#m7 Verse: Ab C#6 Carry on with your business, there is nothing to see C C7 C#6 C#m7 You must be pretty desperate if you've come out lookin' for me Ab C#6 You regret how we parted, that is well understood C C7 C#6 Now, please leave me to sip on my wine and to wander the woods Pre-Chorus: C#6 Didn't I go where you sent me? Ab Didn't I meet your demands? C7 C#6 Didn't I answer your questions? C7 Fm Ab7 Didn't I shake all your hands? Chorus: C# Ab Didn't I do the best I can? C7 C#m Wasn't I better than any man? C C7 C#6 Wasn't I cool and collected when all of the shit hit the fan? C#m7 Wasn't I cool? Wasn't I? Interlude: Ab C#6 C C7 C#6 C#m7 Verse: Ab C#6 You ask how I am doing? I assure you I'm fine C C7 C#6 C#m7 Just another man helping himself to what's rightfully mine Ab C#6 Did you say I look tired? I'm not tired at all C C7 C#6 I was trying to shatter a ceiling where he built a wall Pre-Chorus: C#6 Didn't I check all the boxes? Ab Didn't I follow routine? C7 C#6 Didn't I travel the high road? C7 Fm Ab7 Never was petty or mean? Chorus: C# Ab And did I run a clean campaign? C7 C#m Did I inform and entertain? C C7 C#6 And did I let down my guard 'cause my rival had half of a brain? C#m7 Ab Did I let down? Didn't I? Bridge: Fm Ab7 All my credentials didn't matter Bb C#6 All my service and nobody cares Fm Ab7 They tried to purchase the world on a platter Bb C#m6 Phoned in some favors and now it is theirs Fm Ab7 You know it brings me no joy to see you in this hole Fm6 C#m6 So much the man will destroy just to feel in control Fm Ab7 Bb C#m6 So goodbye! - Look out below, I'm going high Interlude: Ab C#6 C C7 C#6 C#m7 Verse: Ab C#6 I know you want your closure, 'cause the future's unclear C C7 C#6 C#m7 I feel no obligation to tell you what you want to hear Ab C#6 Would you like me to save you? Would you like me to quit? C C7 C#7 Or would you prefer it if I taught myself how to knit? Pre-Chorus: C#6 Couldn't you mind your own business? Ab Couldn't you just leave me be? C7 C#6 You brought this all on yourselves, gang C7 Fm Ab7 Don't try to pin it on me Chorus: C# Ab Couldn't I peacefully retire C7 C#m Into these hills I so admire? C C7 C#6 Couldn't I serve up the tea while he sets the whole party on fire? C#m7 Ab C#6 Couldn't I serve? Couldn't I? Chorus: C# Ab And when they write this history, C C#m I'll take the moral victory C C7 C#6 Wasn't I right at the center of all that this country could be? C#m7 Wasn't I right? Wasn't I? Outro: Ab C#6 C C7 C#6 C#m7
