Chords for bill withers - i can't write left handed

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We [Ab] recorded this song on October the [Eb] 6th.
Since then, [Db] the war has been [Eb] declared over.
[Bb] If you're like me, you'll remember it like anybody [Ab] remembers any war.
One big [Eb] drag.
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A lot of [Ab] people write songs about [Eb] wars, government, [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb]
very social things.
[Eb] [Ab] But I [Eb] think about young [Bb] guys who were like I was when I was young.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] [Db] I had no more [Ab] idea about any [Bb] government or [Eb] political [Ab] things or anything.
_ [Eb] [Db] And [Ab] I think about those [Bb] kind of young guys now who all of a sudden somebody [Ab] comes up,
[Eb] and they're very law [Db]-abiding, [Ab]
[Bb] so if somebody says go, they don't ask any [Ab] questions, they just go.
[Eb] [Db] And I [Fm] can remember not [Bb] too long ago seeing a young guy [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] [Ab] with [Bb] his right arm gone,
[Eb] just [Ab] got back, [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] and I asked him _ [Ab] [Eb] how he [Db] was doing.
He said he was doing all [Bb] right now, but he had thought he was going to die.
[Eb] _ [Ab] [Eb] He said getting [Ab] shot at didn't [Bb] bother him.
_ _ [Eb] [Ab] It was getting shot [Eb] that shook him [Db] up.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] [Ab] And I tried to [Eb] put myself in [Db] his position.
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[Bb] _ Maybe he cried.
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Db] [Eb] Maybe he said,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _
[Bb] _ _ I [Ab] can't write [Eb] left-handed.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] I can't write left-handed.
Would you [Ab] please write [Eb] a letter, [Ab] write a letter [Bb] to my mother.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] Tell her to [Ab] tell, tell [Eb] her to tell, tell her to tell [Ab] her [Bb] family lawyer.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Bb] _ Try [Eb] to get, try [Ab] to get a [Eb] deferment [Db] for [Ab] my [Bb] younger brother.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ Tell the [Ab] Reverend [Eb] [Db] Harris [Cm] to pray [Bb] for me, Lord, Lord, Lord.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ I [Fm] ain't going [Eb] to live, [Db] [Ab] I don't [Bb] believe I'm going to live to get much [Eb] older.
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_ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] Strange little [G] man over here [F] in Vietnam, I [Gm] ain't never seen.
Bless his heart, I ain't never [Ab] done nothing to.
He done [Gm] shot me [Bb] in my shoulder.
_ [A] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
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[Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ Boot [Ab] camp when we had [Eb] classes.
[Db] _ [Bb] You _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] know, we talked [Ab] about [Eb] fighting, [Db]
[Cm] fighting [Bb] every [Gm] day.
[Eb] _ [Ab] [Eb] And [Db] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] looking [Eb] through [Db] rosy, [Ab] rosy [Bb] colored glasses.
I [Ab] [Eb] must [Db] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] admit it [Ab] seemed [Eb] exciting [Db] _
[Ab] in [Bb] a way.
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[Bb] _ But [Fm] something that they [Eb] _ [Db] [Bb] overlooked to tell me, [Fm] Lord.
[Ab] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] Well, it's a little [Eb] [Db] better, [Ab] [Bb] I must say.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] Rather when [Eb] they [Db] ain't [Ab] [Bb] coming at you.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] But go [Eb] and [Db] out [Ab] the other [Bb]
way.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
And please call up the [Ab] Reverend, [Eb] call [Db] up, call [Ab] up the Reverend [Bb] Harris.
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] And tell him to ask the [Eb] Lord to do [Fm] some good [Eb] things [Bbm] [Ab] for [Bb] me, Lord.
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Tell him [Fm] I ain't going to live, I ain't [Eb] going to live, I [Bbm] ain't going to live [Bb] to get much older.
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[Eb] _ [Ab] _ Oh, [Eb] Lord.
[Bb] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Gm] Strange little man over [F] here in Vietnam, I ain't [Gm] never seen.
Bless his heart, I ain't never done [Ab] nothing to.
[A] He done shot me [Bb] in my shoulder. Oh, [Ab] Lord.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [E] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
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