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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Am9Downstairs they're playing E7(#9#5)Kenton E7(b9) Am9The house set to sE7wing Am9 Am9 E7#9#5 I lay in my bed AndE7b9 listen to Am9everything E7 Am9Cause Leo's in rarE7(b9#5)e form tonight Am9His trombone E7(b9#5)sings so sweet Am9This is the E7(#9#5)room Where theE7(b9)y all come tAm9o meet
[Chorus]
A7And he said: Dm7I do what I caA/C#n C6 I live for the moG/Bment G/BAnd that's who I aBb9(b5)m E7(#5) E7(#5)Yeah that's who I am Am9 A13(b9) A7(#5) A7 Dm7And isn't it goA/C#od C6 If we couldG/B freeze moments in time G/BWe all wouldBb9(b5) E7 I do what I caAm9n I do what I caAm9n
[Verse 2]
Am9Downstairs he's playing KentE7(#9#5)on E7(b9) Am9The Magnavox sighsE7 Am9But oh how the E7(#9#5)music has chanE7(b9)ged In all Am9of our lives E7 Am9He says "nobodE7(b9#5)y listens Am9To modern jazE7(b9#5)z" Am9And I'll nevE7(b9#5)er have whaE7(b9)t those guys Am9have A7
[Chorus]
A7And he said: Dm7I do what I caA/C#n C6 I work for a liG/Bving G/BAnd that's who I aBb9(b5)m E7(#5) E7(#5)Yeah that's who I am Am9 A13(b9) A7(#5) A7 Dm7And its good to be aA/C#live C6 But ev'rythG/Bing's different G/BSince Leo diBb9(b5)ed E7 I do what I caAm9n I do what I caE7n
[Instrumental] Dm7 Asus Am E7 Asus4sus2 Am [Bridge]
Dm7Is this the end of the moAsusdern worldAm? E7 Asus4sus2 Am What could it mean for a young girl Who Dmsees the paiAsusn on his faceAm? E7 Asus4sus2 Am He does what he can DmThe procession on the AsusT.V. screenAm E7 Asus4sus2 Am What could it possibly mean For a Dmman who's come this Asusfar Am E7 Asus4sus2 Am Just to turn around Could there Fmaj7still be life iAsusn Kenton's swAming E7 Asus4sus2 Am With the Kennedys gone and everything Those Fmaj9sad rows of hoDm/Auses with their optEm7imistic coC/Glors Dm9Democrat F6grandparents and Cmaj9draft-dodging brothers Bb9Riots down the street and E7susdiscontented mothers E7We do what we Amcan E5 Am9
[Verse 3]
Am9Downstairs it's qE7(#9#5)uiet Am9Less alive somehoE7(#9#5)w Am9Somehow he wE7(#9#5)as everythinE7(b9)g that I amAm9 now
[Chorus]
A7He says: Dm7I do what I caA/C#n C6 I work for a liG/Bving G/BAnd that's who I aBb9(b5)m E7(#5) E7(#5)Yeah that's who I am Am9 A13(b9) A7(#5) A7 Dm7And its good to be aA/C#live C6 And these aG/Bre the choices G/BWe make to sBb9(b5)urvive E7 We do what we caAmn