What About Me Album chords by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Chords with lyrics

Written By: Jesse Oris Farrow / From The Album: "What About Me"

Recorded: October 8, 1970 / Released: December, 1970
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You poisoned my sweet water.
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You cut down my green trees.
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The food you fed my children
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Was the cause of their disease.
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My world is slowly fallin' down
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And the air's not good to breathe.
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And those of us who care enough,
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We have to do something...

Chorus:
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Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
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Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
   E minorEm
Your newspapers,
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They just put you on.
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They never tell you
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The whole story.
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They just put your
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Young ideas down.
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I was wonderin' could this be the end
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Of your pride and glory?

Chorus:
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?

E minorEm
I work in your factory.
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I study in your schools.
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I fill your penitentiaries.
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And your military too!
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And I feel the future trembling,
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As the word is passed around.
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"If you stand up for what you do believe,
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Be prepared to be shot down. "

Chorus:
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?

   E minorEm
And I feel like a stranger
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In the land where I was born
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And I live like an outlaw.
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And I'm always on the run...
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And I'm always getting busted
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And I got to take a stand...
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I believe the revolution
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Must be mighty close at hand...

Chorus:
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?

E minorEm
I smoke marijuana
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But I can't get behind your wars.
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And most of what I do believe
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Is against most of your laws
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I'm a fugitive from injustice
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But I'm goin' to be free.

'Cause your rules and regulations
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They don't do the thing for me

Chorus:
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?

    E minorEm
And I feel like a stranger
     DmDm
In the land where I was born
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And I live just like an outlaw.
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And I'm always on the run.
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And though you may be stronger now, my time will come around.
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You keep adding to my numbers, and you shoot my people down.

Chorus:: (3 times)
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm
Oh... Oh What you gonna do about me?
A minorAm           C majorC    DmDm