What Its Like

Intro

Dsus4 Fmaj7 C

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B|------3-----------3--------1---------1-------|
G|----2---------------2----2-----------0-------| x3
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Dsus4 Fmaj7 C

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B|------3-----------3--------1-----------------|
G|----2---------------2----2-------------------|
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3----3p0-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------|

[The chords in the verses and choruses

are played something like this:]

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

E|------1----1-x---0----0-----0----0-1---1-3p1---1---|
B|------3----3-x---1----1-----1----1-3---3-3-----3---|
G|------2----2-x---2----2-----0----0-2---2-2-----2---|
D|--0-0----------3-----------------------------0-----|
A|------------------------3-3------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

Chorus

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C

Then you really might know what it's like...

Then you play this: [I think he doesn't play this in the

version that's on the single, but he does in the version

I have]

Dm E Dm E

E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--|
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--|
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------|
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Dm E Dm

e|-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B|---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G|--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D|--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

play like verse 1

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said he was in love

Dm Fmaj7 C

He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll

Dm

I'm the man you've been dreaming of."

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls

Dm Fmaj7 C

And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man

Dm

I'm cuttin' off his balls."

Dm Fmaj7

And then she heads for the clinic and

C Dm

she gets some static walking through the door

Dm Fmaj7 C

They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner

Dm

and they call her a whore

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

Chorus

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C

Then you really might know what it's like...

Bridge

Dsus4 Fmaj7 C

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D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Dm

I've seen a rich man beg

Fmaj7

I've seen a good man sin

C

I've seen a tough man cry

Dm

I've seen a loser win

Fmaj7

And a sad man grin

C

I heard an honest man lie

Dm

I've seen the good side of bad

Fmaj7

And the downside of up

C

And everything between

Dm

I licked the silver spoon

Fmaj7

Drank from the golden cup

C

And smoked the finest green

Dm

I stroked the fattest dimes

Fmaj7

at least a couple of times

C

Before I broke their heart

Dm

You know where it ends,

Fmaj7

yo, it usually depends

C

on where you start

[when you've played the bridge you play this:]

Dm E Dm E

E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--|
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--|
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------|
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Dm E Dm

e|-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B|---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G|--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D|--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

play like verses 1 & 2

Dm Fmaj7

I knew this kid named Max

C Dm

who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs

Dm Fmaj7

He liked to hang out late

C Dm

he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain

Dm Fmaj7

You know it comes that way

C Dm

At least that's what they say when you play the game

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Chorus

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C Dm

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm Fmaj7 C

Then you really might know what it's like...

Dm

to have to lose

Outro

Dm Fmaj7

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B|-------3-----3-----3----------1-----1-----1----|
G|---2-----2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-0----------------------3----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

C Dm

e|------0-----0-----0----------1-----1-----3-1--|
B|--------1-----1-----1----------3-----3--------|
G|----------0-----0-----0----2-----2-----2------|
D|----2--------------------0--------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

(repeat the outro and fade out)