Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
Intro: D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G 4 times D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD There's a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign sitting there by the left turn line D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Flag on the wheelchair flapping in the breeze, one leg missing and both hands free D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD No one's paying much mind to him, the V.A. budget's just stretched so thin D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD And there's more comin' home from the Mideast war, we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD And that big ol' building was the textile mill, it fed our kids and it paid our bills D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD But they turned us out and they closed the doors, we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD See those pallets piled up on the loading dock, they're just gonna set there till they rot D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD 'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack, just busted concrete and rusted tracks D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Empty storefronts around the square, there's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD You don't come down here 'less you're looking to score, we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD The bar's still open but man it's slow, the tip jar's light and the register's low D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD The bartender don't have much to say, the regular crowd gets thinner each day D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Some have maxed out all their credit cards, some are working two jobs and living in cars D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Minimum wage don't pay for a roof, don't pay for a drink, if you gotta have proof D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Just try it yourself Mr. CEO See how far 5.15 an hour will go D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Take a part time job at one of your stores I bet you can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD And there's a high school girl with a bourgeois dream, just like the pictures in the magazine D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD She found on the floor of the Laundromat, a woman with kids can forget all that D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD If she comes up pregnant what'll she do, forget the career, forget about school D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Can she live on faith? live on hope, high on Jesus or hooked on dope D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD When it's way too late to just say no, you can't make it here anymore
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store just like the ones we made before D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD 'Cept this one came from Singapore, I guess we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today, no I hate the men sent the jobs away D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams, all lily white and squeaky clean D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD They've never known want, they'll never know need, their s**t don't stink and their kids won't bleed D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Their kids won't bleed in the damn little war and we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Will work for food, will die for oil, will kill for power and to us the spoils D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD The billionaires get to pay less tax, the working poor get to fall through the cracks D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Let 'em eat jellybeans, let 'em eat cake, let 'em eat s**t, whatever it takes D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps if they can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD And that's how it is, that's what we got if the president wants to admit it or not D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall, hear it on the wind, if you're listening at all D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Get out of that limo, look us in the eye, call us on the cell phone, tell us all why D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD In Dayton, Ohio or Portland, Maine or a cotton gin out on the great high plains D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD That's done closed down along with the school and the hospital and the swimming pool D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Dust devils dance in the noonday heat, there's rats in the alley and trash in the street D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9/BCadd9/B D MajorD Gang graffiti on a boxcar door, we can't make it here anymore D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Other versions of We Can't Make It Here
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