What We Worked For Chords

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ALost the confidence to write a song

 So I found three simEple chords

And held them together with my weak voice

 On an out of tuneD guitar

 My father gave to me A

 And may Elvis tuErn in his grave

 And Les Paul curse my dirty callousDed fingers A

 And may the likes ofE this song never make

One fucking dollar

 Leave it for a demo tape D

 To be played until it's broken A

 And remembered only for what it was E

 Though we gave 'em hell D

 Though we gave 'em hell A

 Though we gave 'em hell E

(2x)

ATo my friends and enemies who could have been Eanything

 Titans and herDoes who found survival in cause and effect

 Behind counters A

Behind windows

 Striving just E

 To be people with bitterD ideals of justice

 Do we only neeEd to keep working because it pays rent? D A

 Sleeping undEer plastic stars glued to the ceiling

 Muscles burning alcoDhol and nicotine A

 Every morning E

 But we gave 'em hell D

 But we gave 'em hell A

 But we gave 'em hell E

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 There's a heightA beyond skyscrapers

 There's a diEstance beyond the freeway D

 More than pictAures in a magazine E

 More than tragedy in a roDck and roll song

 It's more than aEctions you know are safe to make

 It's more than mDoney could ever buy A

 Are we liEving to work and die in American cities?

 And workDing to live and die in AmAerican cities,

 And dyingE for what we worked. D A E