Key: C
Introduction:
C Am D
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C G
So what if I burn my hands
C G
when I unloaded
C
hot dishes from the
G D
dishwashing machine
C G
It's just my job sir
C G
I do what I'm paid for
C G
You won't catch me walking
D
home from work crying
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C G
So what if this apron has
C G
many stains of red?
C G
and red is the same color
D
that runs in my veins
C G
I'm just a number
C G
swimming in water
C G
I'm just another
D
dirty dish in the machine
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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Am C
Every dish I wash
G D
I wash for someone else
Am C
I ain't an old woman
G D
on the beach collecting shells
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G C G
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C G
So what if I could have made
C G
millions in the stock market?
C G
I never much understood
D
numbers anyway
C G
I wash the dishes
C G
someone must do that
C G
people don't want
D
to eat their food off dirty plates
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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C G
And so what if people are
C G
walking right by me and
C G
seeing right through me?
D
I do the same to them
C G
And who cares that the planet
C G
is turning on cruelty?
C G
a cold metal axis that
D
cuts off my head
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C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C G
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
C Am D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh
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Am C
Maybe some day all the people
G D
in the world so big and wide
Am C
will turn just like a record
G D
over to their other side
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G C G
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