Chords for I Can't Write Left Handed-Bill Withers-1973

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