What About Me Chords by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Tempo:
115.5 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

Gm

Am

Bb

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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What About Me chords
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[Am]
[Bb]
[G] [Am]
[Bb]
[D] [C] You poisoned my sweet water, [Bb] you cut [Dm] down my green trees.
food you fed my children [Bb] was the cause of their [G] disease.
world is slowly falling down [Gm] and the air's not good to breathe.
those of us who carry on, [Gm] we have to do something.
100%  ➙  116BPM
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
Am
2311
Bb
12341111
G
2131
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
Am
2311
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To learn Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Bb, Dm, Gm, Bb, G, Dm, C and Gm. A good strategy is to initiate at 57 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 116 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Minor.

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] You poisoned my sweet water, _ [Bb] you cut [Dm] down my green _ trees.
[Am] The food you fed my children [Bb] was the cause of their _ [G] disease.
_ [Am] My world is slowly falling down [Gm] and the air's not good to breathe.
[C] And those of us who carry on, [Gm] we have to do _ something.
_ [Dm] _
_ Oh, what you gonna [C] do [Gm] about me?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ Oh, [Dm] _ _ what you gonna do [Gm] about me?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] [Am] Your newspapers, _ they [E] just [Gm] put you _ out.
_ _ _ [Am] _
They never tell [Eb] you [Gm] the whole _ story.
_ [Am] They just put your _ _ [Gm] ideas _ _ down.
I [D] was [Am] wondering, could this be the end [Gm] of that _
[Bb] prairie?
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Oh, _ what you gonna do [Gm] about me?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, _ _ what you gonna do [Gm] about me?
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] I work in your factory.
_ [Dm] _ I study in [G] your [F] [Em] school.
[Am] I fill your _ _ penitentiaries [Dm] and your military _ too.
[Am] And I feel the future trembling _ as the word is passed [Dm] around.
If [Am] you stand up for what you do [Dm] believe, prepare to be a shot [Gm] down.
_ [Dm] Oh, _ what you gonna [C] do about [Gm] me?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, _ _ what you gonna [Bb] do about me?
_ _ I [F] _ [C] _ feel [F] like a stranger _ [Bb] in [Gm] the land where I was [Bb] born.
_ [F] And I live like an outlaw _ [Gm] and I'm always on the run.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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I'm always getting [F] busted _ [C]
[Gm] and I got to [Dm] take the stand.
I _ [Am] _ _ _ believe the revolution [Dm] _ must [Gm] be [Bb] mighty [G] close at [Dm] _ _ hand. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Oh, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] what you [D] gonna do about [Gm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] me?
I [Em] smoke _
_ [E] marijuana, _ but [Dm] I can't get behind your walls.
[Am] And _ most of what I do [Em] believe [Bb] is against most of [Gm] your laws.
[Dm] [Am] I may _ fugitive from injustice, [Gm] but I'm going to be [G] free.
Cause your [Am] _ rules and regulations, [D] _ [Bb] they don't do you a favor.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Oh, _ what you gonna do [Bb] about me? _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, _ _ what you gonna do [Gm] about me?
[Dm] _ _
_ _ _ I feel [Am] like a stranger [Gm] in the land where I was _ born.
[F] And I live just like an outlaw _ _ [Gm] _ and I'm always [G] on the run.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] And though you may be stronger now, _ [Gm] my time will come around.
[F] You keep adding to my numbers [G] and you shoot [Gm] my [Dm] people down.
_ _ _ [F]
Oh, _ [C] what you gonna do [Bb] about _ me?
_ [Dm] _ Oh, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm]
what [Em] you _ _ [Bb] _ gonna do _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] about me?
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _ what you gonna do [Gm] about me?
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ What you gonna do [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ about _ [Dm] _ [A] _ me?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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