Key: D
Introduction:
D Em G Bm A G
VERSE
D Em G
They're trying hard to put me in my place
Bm A G
And that is why I gotta keep running
D Em G
The future's mine and it's no disgrace
Bm A G
Cos in the end the past means nothing
You tell me I'm free then you tie me down
A Em
D'you feel a little down today?
G D
Bet you ain't got much to say?
A Em
You're gonna miss me when I'm not there
G
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And you know I don't care, you know I don't care
D A G
As we beg and steal and borrow
D A
Life is hit and miss and this
Em G
I hope, I think, I know
D A
And if I ever hear the names you call
Em G F#m
If I stumble catch me when I fall
A
Cos baby after all, you'll never forget my name
Em G A
Then return back to the CHORUS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Em G D
Step off the train alone at dawn
Em G D
Back into the hole where I was born
Em G D A
The sun in the sky never raised an eye to me
Em G D
The blood on the trax must be mine
Em G D
The fool on the hill and I feel fine
Em G D A
Don't look back cos' you know what you might see
Em G D
Look into the wall of my mind's eye
Em G D
I think I know but I don't know why
Em G D A
The questions are the answers you might need
Em G D
Coming in a mess going out in style
Em G D
I ain't good looking but I'm someones child
Em G D A
No-one can give me the air that's mine to breathe
E E7 D A
I met my maker I made him cry
E E7 D A
And on my shoulder he asked me why
E E7 D A
His people won't fly through the storm
C D A
I said: Listen up man they don't even know you're born
Chorus
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D A
yeah yeah
Verse3
Em G D
I don't really care for what you believe
Em G D
So open up your fist or you won't recieve
Em G D A
The thoughts are the words of every man you 'll need
Em G D
So get up of the floor and believe in life
Em G D
No-one's ever gonna ask you twice
Em G D A
Get on the bus and bring it home to me
E E7 D A
I met my maker I made him cry
E E7 D A
And on my shoulder he asked me why
E E7 D A
His people won't fly through the storm
C D A
I said: Listen up man they don't even know you're born
Chorus
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D
All my people right here right now
A Em G D A
D'you know what I mean?
Em G D A
yeah yeah
(repeat twice)