SONGS FOR CHANGE: What The Hell Can I Really Do
What The Hell Can I Really Do by Bruce Campbell (2013) capo 1 INTRO: Am var T123
Am C G
From the age of fifteen to twenty-three, Looked for a job in the big city
G Am Am var
Had a couple for a while but they always end, Still good to have that extra money to spend
Am C G
Moved back home every once in a while, Dad’s going crazy but mum still smiles
G Am Am var
Throw our dole cheques on the table together, Plan a day of partying, yeah that’ll feel better
CHORUS 1:
F C G F Am G
Back in the old days so they say, there was work for everyone every day
F C G F Am G Am var
But the city is a mean, mangy, hungry beast, it’ll laugh as you starve watching it feast
Am C G
Every now and then daddy gets real mad, Says he’s not treated like a man
G Am Am var
Steals a car or a bottle of rum, Goes to jail for a while or goes on the run
Am C G
I ain’t been to jail yet but probably will, the way the cards fall along our street
G Am Am var
If I’m lucky I’ll share a cell, with my dear old man, we can both go to hell
CHORUS 2:
F C G F Am G
Back in the old days so they say, There was work for everyone every day
Am Em Am Em
Growing food or cutting trees, Build a home for your family
F C G F Am G
But the city is a thieving, selfish, hungry beast, It’ll laugh as you starve watching it feast
Am Em F C G
The chosen ones ride high on its back, The rest of us just fight for the scraps
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE
Am C G
I’d like to see Jessica again if I could, and my daughter too, yeah that’d be real good
G Am Am var
I shouldn’t have hurt her but I felt so wild, the way she treated that little child
Am C G
Heard they’re living way across town in a squat with some drunks sounds like she’s really down
G Am Am var
I worry ‘bout them now and then, that’s the truth, but what the hell can I really do
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2 then INSTRUMENTAL HALF VERSE
Am C G
I worry ‘bout me now and then, that’s the truth, but what the hell can I really do x 2 +Am var
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What the hell can I really do Am var x 4
