Chords for I Can't Write Left-Handed(live audio 1973)-Bill Withers

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We [Ab] recorded this song on October the [Eb] 6th.
Since [Db] then, the war has [Eb] been declared [Bb] over.
If you're like me, you'll remember it like anybody [Fm] remembers any war.
One [Eb] big drag.
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A lot of [Ab] people write songs about [Eb] wars, [Db] government, [Cm] _ [Bb]
various 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 [Ab] more idea about any [Bb] government [Eb] or political [Ab] things or anything.
[Eb] _ [Db] [Ab] I think about [Bb] those kind of young guys now who all of a sudden [Ab] somebody comes up
[Eb] and they're very [Db] law-abiding.
[Ab]
[Bb] So if somebody says go, they don't ask any [Ab] questions.
They just go.
[Eb] _ [Db] [Ab] I can remember not [Bb] too long ago seeing a young guy [Eb] _ [Ab] [Eb] with [Db] _ [Ab]
[Bb] his right arm gone.
[C] He [Ab] just got back [Eb] [Db] and [Eb] _
[Bb] _ I asked him [Eb] _ [Ab] [Eb] how [Db] he was doing.
He said he was doing [Bb] all 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 [Eb] shot that shook him [Db] up.
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[Bb] _ And [Eb] [Ab] I tried [Eb] to put myself [Db] in his position.
[Cm] _
[Bb] _ Maybe he cried.
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Db] [Eb] Maybe he said,
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] [Db] I [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] can't write [Eb] left [Db]-handed.
[Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] Would you [Ab] please write [Eb] a letter, [Ab] write a letter [Bb] to my _ [Eb] mother.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Tell her [Ab] to tell, [Eb] tell her to tell, tell her to [Ab] tell her [Bb] family lawyer.
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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] Try to get, [Fm] try to get a [Eb] deferment [Db] for [Ab] my [Bb] younger brother.
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[Bb] _ Tell the [Ab] Reverend [Eb] [Db] Harris [Cm] to [Bb] pray for me, Lord.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] [Db] I [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] [Fm] ain't [Eb] going to live.
[Db] [Ab] I [Bb] don't 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 him.
He done shot me [Bb] in my shoulder.
_ [A] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ Boot [Ab] camp when we had [Eb] classes.
[Db] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] You [Db] _
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] know, we talked [Ab] about [Eb] fighting, [Db]
[Ab] fighting [Bb] every [Eb] day.
_ And [Db] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] looking [Eb] through [Db] rosy, [Ab] rosy [Bb] colored glasses.
I [Ab] [Eb] must [Db] _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] admit it seemed [Eb] exciting.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Anyway.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] [Cm] But [Bb] _ _ [Fm] something [Eb] that [Db] they [Ab] [Bb] overlooked to tell me.
_ [Ab] _ [Db] Bullets [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] look [Eb] [Db] better, [Ab] [Bb] I must say.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] Reverend, when [Eb] they [Db] _ [Ab] [Bb] come in at you.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] But go [Db] and [Ab] out [Bb] the other way.
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [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 [Fm] Lord to do some good [Eb] things [Db] _ [Ab] [Bb] for me, Lord.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] [Db] Tell [Eb] _ [Bb] _
him [Fm] I ain't going to live.
I ain't [Bbm] going to live.
I [Ab] 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.
[Gm] I ain't never seen.
Bless his heart, I ain't [Ab] never done nothing to him.
[A] He done shot me [Bb] in my shoulder.
_ [Ab] Oh, [Eb] Lord. _ _
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