What We Worked For Chords

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A E D A

ALost the confidence to write a song

So I found three simEple chords

And held them together with my weak voice

On an out of tuneD guitar

My father gave to me A

And may Elvis tuErn in his grave

And Les Paul curse my dirty callousDed fingers A

And may the likes ofE this song never make

One fucking dollar

Leave it for a demo tape D

To be played until it's broken A

And remembered only for what it was E

Though we gave 'em hell D

Though we gave 'em hell A

Though we gave 'em hell E

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ATo my friends and enemies who could have been Eanything

Titans and herDoes who found survival in cause and effect

Behind counters A

Behind windows

Striving just E

To be people with bitterD ideals of justice

Do we only neeEd to keep working because it pays rent? D A

Sleeping undEer plastic stars glued to the ceiling

Muscles burning alcoDhol and nicotine A

Every morning E

But we gave 'em hell D

But we gave 'em hell A

But we gave 'em hell E

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There's a heightA beyond skyscrapers

There's a diEstance beyond the freeway D

More than pictAures in a magazine E

More than tragedy in a roDck and roll song

It's more than aEctions you know are safe to make

It's more than mDoney could ever buy A

Are we liEving to work and die in American cities?

And workDing to live and die in AmAerican cities,

And dyingE for what we worked. D A E