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What Can You Do But Rock 'n' Roll Chords

Music by: Ezra Furman
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[Intro 1]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[C5]You got no place[G] you can g[D]o
[C5]You can't go out, [G]you can't st[D]ay home
[C5]You got a litt[G]le bit of so[D]ul
[C5]You got a litt[G]le bit of so[D]ul

[Verse 2]
[C5]And everyone who t[G]alks to you
Is [D]working towards some goal
[C5]What can you do but [G]rock, rock and roll?
What can you [Cm]do bu[G]t rock,

[Interlude 1]
rock and roll?
[G][D]

[Verse 3]
[C5]You got a brok[G]en cell [D]phone
[C5]You got some money[G] but y[D]ou're all alone
[C5]You're at th[Cm]e bottom[G] of a h[D]ole
[C5]You're at the bottom o[G]f a ho[D]le

[Verse 4]
The [C5]kind of sex [G]you want is the kind
they'd [D]like to make illegal
[C5]What can you do but [G]rock, rock and roll?
What can you [Cm]do bu[G]t rock a[D]nd roll?
[C5]You registered to vo[G]te,
they make it [D]im possible
[C5]What can you do but [G]rock, rock and roll?
What can you [Cm]do bu[G]t

[Interlude 2]
rock and roll?
[D][Em]

[Verse 5]
And [Em]I told you the first [G]time
I've been having the worst [Bm]time
City's broken and [F#]cold
City's broken and [D]cold[G]
It's just a hole in the [D]wall
It's just a hole in [A]the wall

[Interlude 3]
There's nowhere else to go
[A][D][C5]
Fuck the [G]money [D]they stole

[Verse 6]
[C5]
Fuck the [G]money [D]they stole
[C5]We get by on[G] n[D]o bankroll
We get [C5]by on[G] no ba[D]nkroll
[C5]The way you're playing canar[G]y
and they're selling it [D]whole
[C5]What can you do but [G]rock, rock and roll?
What can you [C5]do bu[G]t rock,

[Interlude 4]
rock and roll?
[D][A][D][A][D]
[C5]
[Cm]Working under higher

[Verse 7]
[G]median [D]hidden
from the trucker's eyes
[C5]Bisexual b[G]lues got me
beg[D]ging to be recognized
[C5]My heart is on fire,[G] does anyone know[D]
[C5]What can I do but rock[G], rock and roll?

[Outro 1]
What can I do but rock and roll?
[D]
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