Can't Win Chords

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[Verse 1]
[E]I s[A]tar[E]ted[B] to cry,
[E]they put gin[D] in my cup[A]
[E]I started to [Bm]crawl[E],
and [A]they swaddled me [Bm]up
I [E]got up and run[A], they said "[E]Easy, son,
[A]Play up, pla[E]y the[A] game"[E]
[Bm]They told me to think

[Verse 2]
[E]and
forget what I'd heard
They told [D]me to [E]lie and
they questioned my [A]word[E]
They told me to [A]fail, better [E]sink than [A]sail,
Just [E]play [A]the game[E][A]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Oh, towers w[A]ill tumble and lo
[Em]custs will visit [A]the land
[Em]Oh, a curse on your [A]house and your chil
[Em]dren and the fruit of [F#m]your hand
[B]They said "You

[Verse 4]
[E]can[Em]'t win
[E]You can[G]'t win
[F#dim]You sweat blood
You [F]give in

[Verse 5]
You [Em]can't win. You [G]can't [Em]win
[F#dim]Turn the cheek
[F]Take it on the chin
Don't you [Em]dare do this

[Verse 6]
Don't you [Em]dare do that"
[C]We shoot down dreams,
[A]We stiletto in the back
Oh [Em]the nerve of some people,

[Verse 7]
[Em]The nerve of some people,
The [C]nerve of some
I [A]don't know who you think you are,
Who you think you are
[E]

[Verse 8]
[B]
[Bm]Oh w[E]hat [Bm]kind of mother[E]
would ham[D]string her son[A]s?
[E]Throw sand in their eyes and
put ice on their tongues
Ah better [A]to leave than
[E]stay here and [A]grieve
And [E]play [A]the game[E]
Don't [Bm]waken [E]the dead

[Verse 9]
as
[Bm]you sleepwalk around
[C#m]If you[B] have a dream, [E]brother,
[Bm]hush, not [E]a sound[A][E]
Just stand there and [A]rust, [E]die if [A]you must
[E]But play the[A] game[E]

[Verse 10]
[Em]Oh, if we can't have i[A]t,
[Em]Why should a wretch like y[A]ou?
[Em]Oh, it was drilled in our head[A]s,
Now we [Em]drill it into your head [F#]too
[B]They said "You

[Verse 11]
[Em]can't win
You [G]can't win
[F#dim]You sweat blood
You [F]give in

[Verse 12]
You [E]can[Em]'t win
You [G]can't [Em]win
[F#dim]Turn the cheek
[F]Take it on the chin

[Verse 13]
Don't you [Em]dare do this
Don't you dare do that"
[C]We shoot down dreams,

[Verse 14]
We [A]stiletto in the back
Oh, the [Em]nerve of some people,
The nerve of some people,
The [C]nerve of some people
I [A]don't know who you think you [Em]are

[Verse 15]
The [Em]nerve [G]of [C]some people,
[A]the nerve of some people
The [Em]nerve of some people,
the nerve of some people
The [C]nerve of some people,
the [A]nerve of some people
The [Em]nerve of some people, [D]the [Em]nerv[D]e of[C] some people

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