Tom: C
Introdução:
Dm
We-ve all seen the man at the liquor store beggin- for your
change
F7M C Dm
The hair on his face is dirty dreadlocked and full of mange
F7M C Dm
He asks a man for what he can spare with shame in his eyes
F7M C Dm
But get a job you fuckin- slob-s all he replies
F7M C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
Dm
-Cause then you really might know what it-s like to sing the
blues
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
F7M C
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like
INTERLUDE
Dm(
even on slide. play the
the pull off pretty much as you slide. )
Dm F7M C Dm
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love
Dm
He said don-t worry -bout a thing baby doll I-m the man you been
dreamin' of
F7M C Dm
But three months later he say he won-t date her or return her
calls
F7M C Dm
And she swear God damn if I find that man I-m cuttin off his balls
Dm
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static
walking through the door
Dm
They call her a killer and the call her a sinner and they call
her a whore
F7M C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
F7M C Dm
-Cause the you really might know what it-s like to have to
choose
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
F7M C
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like
BRIDGE
C
I-ve seen a rich man beg I-ve seen a good man sin I-ve seen a
tough man cry
C
I-ve seen a loser win and a sad man grin I heard an honest man
lie
C
I seen the good side of bad and the down side of up and
everything between
C
I licked the silver spoon drank from the golden cup and smoked
the finest green
C
I stroked the baddest dimes at least a couple times before I
broke they heart
Dm F7M C
You know where it ends Yo it usually depends on where you start
INTERLUDE
Dm
I knew this kid named Max who used to get fat stacks out on
the corner with drugs
Dm
He liked to hang out late he liked to get shit faced and keep the
pace with thugs
Dm
'Till late one night there was a big gunfight and max lost his
head
Dm
He pulled out his chrome forty-five talked some shit and wound up
dead
Dm
And now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of
his pain
Dm
You know it crumbles that way at least that-s what they say when
you play the game
F7M C Dm
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
F7M C Dm
-Cause then you really might know what it-s like to have to lose
CHORUS
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like)
Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it-s like (What it-s
like).....
Dmat
line (between lyrics) can be
played either of these ways (not sure which is right, but I
Dm F CDecrescendº
gradually get softer
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe p - pull off