Chords for Antonio Castro W E L F A R E 1971

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[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
I'm [C] walking the line, [Gm] _ _
I'm [Cm] living on welfare [Gm] baby, _ I'm walking [C] the line, _ [Gm] _ _
I'm living [C] on
[Eb] welfare [Gm] baby, _ I've [Cm] been on welfare [Gm] _ _
since the [Cm] day I was born.
_ [Gm] _ _
I'm getting [Cm] no checks _ [Bb] now, _ that's not [Cm] what I want.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
With my head [Cm] up high, [Gm] _ _
be able [Cm] to look my [Bb] own _
[Gm] pretty [Cm] eye.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] What's above me [F] is where I'll [Ab] be, a man who's [Bb] got a little bit [C] of beauty.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Instead _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ of getting [Cm] ahead, _ [Gm] _ _ I keep [Cm] falling behind.
_ _ _ [Gm] They say [Cm] I'm looking good _ [Gm] now, but I'm not [Cm]
fine.
_ [Gm] _ _ My woman [C] and me, _ [Gm] _ we fight [Cm] so hard.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] My woman and me, lord, lord, [Gm] lord, lord, we fight [Cm] so hard.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] It's always [F] over, nothing, _ [Ab] except that [Bb] I'm a man, I'm [Cm] a man.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] I _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
have to get [Cm] myself together, _ [Gm] _
I gotta get a [Cm] real job.
_ _ [Gm] _
To feel like [Cm] a man once [Gm] more.
I'm gonna show [Cm] them _ [Gm] all, come take [Cm] my hand.
_ [Gm] _ _
I [Cm] need help, _ _ [Gm] _ help me, [Cm] help me stand by.
[Gm] _ I need time [Cm] to get out.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm]
I know that there's [F] a new day for me, [Ab] so look [Bb] for it and not just [Cm] that.
_ _ _ [F] _ When I'm [Cm] walking the line, _ [F] hey, _ [Cm] walking the line, _ [F] _ _ [Cm] still on welfare _ [F] baby, _ [Cm] walking the line,
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] still on welfare [F] baby.
_ _ Walking the [Cm] line, _
_ [F] hey, walking [Cm] the line, _
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] walking the line, _
[F] _ _ still [Cm] on welfare baby, [F] _ _ [C] walking the line.
_ [F] _
Yeah, [Cm] still on welfare [F] baby.
_ _ [C] Walking, walking, _ [F]
yeah, [Cm] still on welfare [F] baby. _
_ _ [Cm] Help me, [F] _
help me stand by.
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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