Against Me! - What we worked for
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"What We Worked For"
Against Me!
from the Crime As Forgiven By... EP
For the most part, the chord changes are correct, I mean
he says it's a three chord song to begin with.
C G F C
CLost the confidence to write a song
G
So I found three simple chords
And held them together with my weak voice
F
On an out of tune guitar
C
My father gave to me
G
And may Elvis turn in his grave
F C
And Les Paul curse my dirty calloused fingers
G
And may the likes of this song never make
One fucking dollar
F
Leave it for a demo tape
C
To be played until it's broken
G
And remembered only for what it was
F
Though we gave 'em hell
C
Though we gave 'em hell
G
Though we gave 'em hell
(2x)
C G
To my friends and enemies who could have been anything
F
Titans and heroes who found survival in cause and effect
C
Behind counters
Behind windows
G
Striving just
F
To be people with bitter ideals of justice
G F C
Do we only need to keep working because it pays rent?
G
Sleeping under plastic stars glued to the ceiling
F C
Muscles burning alcohol and nicotine
G
Every morning
F
But we gave 'em hell
C
But we gave 'em hell
G
But we gave 'em hell
(2x)
There's a heightC beyond skyscrapers
G F
There's a distance beyond the freeway
C G
More than pictures in a magazine
F
More than tragedy in a rock and roll song
G
It's more than actions you know are safe to make
F C
It's more than money could ever buy
G
Are we living to work and die in American cities?
F C
And working to live and die in American cities,
G F C G (let ring)
And dying for what we worked.