Chords for John Rich - Shuttin' Detroit Down [Music Video]

[G] _ _ _ The country remains in a financial downdraft.
New numbers are in.
Two of the big three in Detroit are on the brink of bankruptcy.
We're live at the state capitol where lawmakers continue to_
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is out and more have fallen into foreclosure.
Now the question is, when will the housing market_
It's happening again.
Executives of another company are in trouble tonight using bailout money for bonuses.
Americans are outraged.
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[G] _ _ _ Need to see me?
What's up? _
_ _ Big John, you've been here a long time.
_ _ It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do, buddy.
I gotta let you go.
You knew it was coming.
I did everything I could, though.
Ernie, I know you done all you could.
_ [A] It's gonna be hard to [G] _ tell Evelyn. _
_ _ I've been here 30 years.
_ [Em] Anything you need, I don't care what it is, you call me [G] any time of day, it don't matter.
[D] I know, I know.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ He's gonna have to walk you out, John.
I'm sorry, it's policy.
I know.
It's just policy. _ _ _
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My daddy taught me in this country everyone's the same.
You work hard for your dollar and you never pass the blame when they [C] don't go your way.
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Now I see all these big shots whining on my evening news
about how they're losing billions and it's up to me and you to [C] come running [G] too.
[A] Hey, Ernie, you [G] gotta be kidding me.
The rescue.
You know we've been expecting cut, baby.
No, no, no, no, hold on.
There's a whole bunch of other [D] people that ain't been here [Em] half the time he has, [C] okay?
I understand that.
Now why don't you come down here and we talk about it.
[D] There's nothing I can do about it, buddy.
[Em] It's out of my [C] hands.
He's been here 32 damn [D] years, all right?
Oh, [G] you, man.
_ [D] Well, pardon [Em] me if I don't [C] shed a tear
_ _ [D] cause they're selling [G] make-believe and we [C] don't buy that here. _ _
[Em] Cause in the real [C] world they're shutting Detroit [G] down
while [Em] the boss man [D] takes his bonus pay [C] jet sold [D] out of [G] town
[D] and [Em] D.C.'s. bailing out [C] them bankers [G] as a [F] farmer's [C] auction ground. _ _ _ Yeah, while [G] they're living it up [F] on Wall Street in [C] that New York City [G] town Here in the real world [D] they're shutting Detroit [Em] [D] down [C] Here [G] in the real world [D] they're shutting [G] Detroit [C] down [G] _ Well, _ that old [C] man's been working in [G] that plant most all [C] his life [G] Now his pension plan's been cut in half and he can't afford to die and it's [C] a crying [G] shame _ [A] _ [G] _ cause he ain't the one to blame When _ [D] I look down [G] and see his [C] calloused hands Well, [D] let me tell [Em] you, friend, it gets [C] me fighting, man _ Cause in [Em] the real world [C] they're shutting [G] Detroit down while [Em] the boss man takes [D] his bonus pay [C] jet sold [D] out of [G] town [D] and D [Em].C.'s bailing out [C] them bankers as [G] a [F] farmer's [C] auction ground Yeah, _ while [G] they're living it up [F] on Wall Street in [C] that New York City [G] town Here in the real world [D] they're shutting Detroit [G] _ down [Em] Get _ _ [C] _ [G] the man's cap back! Give it to me! Really! [Bb] Come on! [C] You can't help him [G] that way! You can't help John that way! [Em] Damn it, you can't do [C] it! _ [G] _ [F] [C] You can't do it! You can't do it! _ _ _ Yeah, while [G] they're living it up [F] on Wall [C] Street in that New York City [G] town Here in the real world [D] they're shutting Detroit [Em] [D] down [C] Here in [G] the real world [D] they're shutting [Em] Detroit [D] [C] down In [G] the real world [D] they're shutting [G] Detroit down They're shutting Detroit down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _