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Dm I've
F seen the man at the liquor
C store begging for
Dm your chain.
The hair
F on his face is dirty,
C dreadlocked, and pulled to
Dm Maine.
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He asked
F the man
C for what he could spare with shame
Dm in his eyes.
Clear
F the job, you
C fucking slobs, or I'll
Dm eat your plight.
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God forbid
C you ever had to walk a mile in
Dm his shoes.
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Didn't you
F really mind know what
C it's like to
Dm sing?
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You didn't you really mind know what
C it's like?.
Dm _ _ .
Didn't you
F really mind know what
C it's like?.
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Dm _ _ _ _ .
Mary
F got pregnant from a kid
C named Tom who said he
Dm was in love.
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She said, worry
F about a thing, baby doll,
C man,
C# you've been dreaming
Dm now.
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Three months later, he say,
C won't date or turn
Dm her call.
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And she swear,
F god damn, if I find
C that man cutting off
Dm her phone.
And she asked for the clinic,
Am and she gets
C ecstatic walking through
Dm the door.
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They call
F her a killer, and they call
C her a sinner,
C# and they call
Dm her a whore.
_ .
_ God forbade you ever had
C to walk a mile in
Dm her shoe.
Then you really might know what
C it's like to have
Dm her.
Then you really might know what
C it's like.
Dm _ _ .
F Then you really might know what
C it's like.
Dm _ _ .
Then you
F really might know what
C it's like.
Dm _ _ .
Then you
F really might know what
C it's like.
_ _ .
D I've seen the rich
Dm man beg, I've seen the good
F man sin, I've seen the tough
C man cry.
D I've
G seen the loser win, and the sad
F man grin, I've heard the
C honest man lie.
Dm I've seen the good side of bad, and the down
F side of up, and everything
C between.
D I
G licked a silver spoon, drank a little
F gold, and covered
Am smoke with
C finest green.
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D G Stroke that
Dm his dimes, gleashed a couple of times
F before I broke
C they heart.
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Dm You know where it ends, and what leaves you,
F it depends on where
C you start.
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Dm _ _ _ .
I used to get
F named Max, he used to sniff
C fat stacks
C# out on the corner
Dm with drugs.
He liked to hang
F out late, he liked to ditch
C his face to
G keep his face
Dm from thugs.
Till late
F one night, there was a straight
C gun fight, and Max lost
Dm his head.
He pulled
F out his chrome 45,
C and thought some shit and wound
Dm up dead.
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Now his wife and his
F kids are gone, and the men sleep all of his pain.
Dm You know, crumple that wet list, that's
Am what they say when you play
G the game.
Dm _ .
Now I'm afraid you
F ever had to wake up to hear
Am the news.
_ .
Dm Then you really might
Am know what it's like to have
G to lose.
Dm _ .
Then you really might know what
C it's like.
Dm _ _ .
Am Then you
F really might know what
C it's like.
Dm _ _ .
Then you
F really might know what
C it's like _
D to have to lose.
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