What It's Like Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][F][C]
[Dm][F][C]
[Dm][F][C]
[Dm][F][C]

[Verse 1]
[Dm]We've all seen a man a[F]t the liquor store[C]
beggin' for your [Dm]change
The hair on his [F]face is dirty,
dread- [C]locked, and full of [Dm]mange
He asks a [F]man for what he could [C]spare,
with shame in his [Dm]eyes
"Get a [F]job you fucking [C]slob",
is all he re[Dm]plies
God for[F]bid you ever had to [C]walk
a mile in his [Dm]shoes
'Cause then you really [F]might know
what it's [C]like to sing the [Dm]blues

[Chorus 1]
[Dm]Then you really mi[F]ght know
what it's [C]like[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Em][Dm][Em]
[Dm][Em][Dm]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Mary got pregn[F]ant
from a kid named [C]Tom
that said he was in [Dm]love
He said, "Don't worry 'bout a [F]thing, baby doll
I'm the [C]man you've been dreaming [Dm]of"
But three months [F]later
he say he won't [C]date her or return her [Dm]calls
And she swear, "God[F]damn, if I find that [C]man
I'm cuttin' off his [Dm]balls"
And then she heads for the [F]clinic
and she gets some [C]static
walking through the [Dm]door
They call her a [F]killer,
and they call her a [C]sinner
and they call her a [Dm]whore
God for[F]bid you ever had to [C]walk
a mile in her [Dm]shoes
'Cause then you really [F]might know
what it's [C]like to have to [Dm]choose

[Chorus 2]
[Dm]Then you really mi[F]ght know
what it's [C]like[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike

[Bridge 1]
[Dm]I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man [F]sin
I've seen a tough man [C]cry
[Dm]I've seen a loser win
And a sad man [F]grin
I heard an honest [C]man lie
[Dm](uh) I've seen the good side of bad
And the downside of [F]up
And everything bet[C]ween
[Dm]I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden [F]cup
And smoked the finest [C]green
[Dm]I stroked the fattest dimes
at least a couple of [F]times
Before I broke their [C]heart
[Dm]You know where it ends,
yo, it usually de[F]pends on where you [C]start

[Interlude 2]
[Dm][Em][Dm][Em]
[Dm][Em][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Dm]I knew this kid named Max[F]
Who used to get fat [C]stacks
out on the corner with [Dm]drugs
He liked to hang out [F]late
He liked to get shit- [C]faced
and keep the pace with [Dm]thugs
Until late one [F]night, there was a big gun[C]fight
and Max lost his [Dm]head
He pulled out his [F]chrome .45,
talked [C]some shit, and wound up [Dm]dead
Now his wife and his [F]kids
are caught in the [C]midst
of all of this [Dm]pain
You know it comes that [F]way,
at least that's what [C]they say
when you play the [Dm]game
God for[F]bid you ever had to
[C]wake up to hear the [Dm]news
'Cause then you really [F]might know
what it's [C]like to have to [Dm]lose

[Chorus 3]
[Dm]Then you really mi[F]ght know
what it's [C]like[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike[Dm]
Then you reall[F]y might know what it's l[C]ike

[Outro 1]
To have to lose
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[Dm][F][C][Dm]
[Repeat and fade]