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What Its Like

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Introduction: Dm    F7+    C    

Dm                        F7+                  C                              Dm  
We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change.
Dm                      F7+                      C                          Dm  
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange.
Dm              F7+                        C                                 Dm  
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes.
Dm          F7+                C                         Dm  
"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies.
Dm          F7+                     C                         Dm  
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes.
Dm                                F7+                      C                      Dm  
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues.

Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                        C  
Then you really might know what it's like...

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Dm              F7+                         C                                 Dm  
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom, that said he was in love.
Dm            F7+                                                        C                                 Dm  
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll, I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
Dm                F7+                         C                                 Dm  
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
Dm                    F7+                            C                                 Dm  
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man, I'm cuttin' off his balls."
Dm                F7+                                                C                                    Dm  
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walking through the door.
Dm                    F7+                                C                                    Dm  
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner and they call her a whore.
Dm          F7+                     C                         Dm  
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes.
Dm                             F7+                         C                      Dm  
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose.

Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                        C  
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm                                                             F7+                                C  
I've seen a rich man beg. I've seen a good man sin. I've seen a tough man cry.
Dm                                                F7+                                 C  
I've seen a loser win. And a sad man grin. I heard an honest man lie.
Dm                                                                 F7+                          C  
I've seen the good side of bad. And the downside of up. And everything between.
Dm                                                              F7+                                    C  
I licked the silver spoon. Drank from the golden cup. And smoked the finest green.
Dm                                                                 F7+                                  C  
I stroked the fattest dimes, at least a couple of times. Before I broke their heart.
Dm                                              F7+                          C  
You know where it ends, it usually depends, on where you start.

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Dm                            F7+                              C                                        Dm  
I knew this kid named Max, who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs.
Dm                          F7+                                C                                        Dm  
He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs.
Dm                  F7+                             C                                 Dm  
Until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head.
Dm                      F7+                            C                          Dm  
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead.
Dm                          F7+                         C                             Dm  
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain.
Dm                             F7+                                    C                              Dm  
You know it comes that way, at least that's what they say when you play the game.
Dm          F7+                     C                         Dm  
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news.
Dm                             F7+                         C                     Dm  
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose.

Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                      C         Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  (What it's like)
Dm                      F7+                        C                      Dm  
Then you really might know what it's like...  to have to lose.

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