<![CDATA['What It's Like '
Performed by Everlast
>From the albumn "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues" on Tommy Boy records
(c) 1998 Tommy Boy Music
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Tabbed by: mktalon ( mktalon@atlanta.crosswinds.net) ( ICQ # 23990504 )
chord changes and lyrics transcription credited to Adam Sherman ( EvilWays21@aol.com )
INRO
(play 4x)
Dm F C
e|--------3--1--3p1------------0-0-------0-0--|
B|------3------------3p0-------1---------1----|
G|----2----------------------2----------------|
D|--0----------------------3-----------2------|
A|-----------------------------------3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
1st Verse
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
We’ve all seen the man at the liquor store beggin’ for your change
Fmaj7 C Dm
The hair on his face is dirty dreadlocked and full of mange
Fmaj7 C Dm
He asks a man for what he can spare with shame in his eyes
Fmaj7 C Dm
But get a job you fuckin’ slob’s all he replies
Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
Fmaj7 C Dm
‘Cause then you really might know what it’s like to sing the blues
Chorus
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like
INTERLUDE
Dm ( play as Dm with the additional fingerings & let ring, even on slide )
e|------1-0----1-p-0-------3-0--|-----1-0----1-p-0-------5-3--|
B|------3-3----3---3-/-5---5----|-----3-3----3---3-s-5---5----|
G|----2------2-----------4------|---2------2-----------4------|
D|--0---------------------------|-0---------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------1-0----1-p-0-------3-0--|------1-0----1-0----1-0------|
B|------3-3----3---3-/-5---5----|------3-3----3-3----3-3------|
G|----2------2-----------4------|----2------2------2----------|
D|--0---------------------------|--0--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
2nd Verse
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love
Fmaj7 C
He said don’t worry ‘bout a thing baby doll I’m the man you been
Dm
dreamin’ of
Fmaj7 C Dm
But three months later he say he won’t date her or return her calls
Fmaj7 C Dm
And she swear Goddamn if I find that man I’m cuttin off his balls
Fmaj7 C
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walking through
Dm
the door
Fmaj7 C Dm
They call her a killer and the call her a sinner and they call her a whore
Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
Fmaj7 C Dm
‘Cause the you really might know what it’s like to have to choose
2nd Chorus
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like
BRIDGE
( pay Intro again 4x throughout lyrics or chord progression listed below )
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7 C
I’ve seen a rich man beg I’ve seen a good man sin I’ve seen a tough man cry
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7 C
I’ve seen a loser win and a sad man grin I heard an honest man lie
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7 C
I seen the good side of bad and the down side of up and everything between
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7
I licked the silver spoon drank from the golden cup and smoked the finest
C
green
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7 C
I stroked the baddest dimes at least a couple times before I broke thier
heart
Dsus4 Dm Fmaj7 C
You know where it ends Yo it usually depends on where you start
INTERLUDE
( again )
e|------1-0----1-p-0-------3-0--|-----1-0----1-p-0-------5-3--|
B|------3-3----3---3-/-5---5----|-----3-3----3---3-s-5---5----|
G|----2------2-----------4------|---2------2-----------4------|
D|--0---------------------------|-0---------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------1-0----1-p-0-------3-0--|------1-0----1-0----1-0------|
B|------3-3----3---3-/-5---5----|------3-3----3-3----3-3------|
G|----2------2-----------4------|----2------2------2----------|
D|--0---------------------------|--0--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
3rd Verse
Dm Fmaj7 C
I knew this kid named Max who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with
Dm
drugs
Dm Fmaj7 C
He liked to hang out late he liked to get shit faced and keep the pace with
Dm
thugs
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Til late one night there was a big gunfight and max lost his head
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
He pulled out his chrome forty-five talked some shit and wound up dead
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
And now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain
Dm Fmaj7 C
You know it crumbles that way at least that’s what they say when you play
Dm
the game
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
‘cause then you really might know what it’s like to have to lose
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C Dm
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Fmaj7 C
Yeah then you really might know what it’s like (What it’s like)
Dm
To have to lose
OUTRO
Dm F C
e|-------1-----1-----1-------|-------0-----0-----0-------|-------0------0-----0-----|
B|-----3---3-----3-----3-----|-----1---1-----1-----1-----|-----1---1------1-----1---|
G|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|---0-------0------0-----0-|
D|-0-------------------------|-3-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|-3------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Dm F
e|-------1-----1-----3-1-----|-------1-----1-----1-------|-------0-----0-----0-------|
B|-----3---3-----3-----------|-----3---3-----3-----3-----|-----1---1-----1-----1-----|
G|---2-------2-----2---------|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|
D|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|-3-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
C Dm Dm
e|-------0------0-----0-----|-------1-----3-------1-----|-------1-----1-----1-------|
B|-----1---1------1-----1---|-----3---3-----3---3-------|-----3---3-----3-----3-----|
G|---0-------0------0-----0-|---2-------2-----2---------|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|
D|--------------------------|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|
A|-3------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Decrescendo >------------>
F C Dm
e|-------0-----0-----0-------|-------0------0-----0-----|-------1-----1-----3-1-----|
B|-----1---1-----1-----1-----|-----1---1------1-----1---|-----3---3-----3-----------|
G|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|---0-------0------0-----0-|---2-------2-----2---------|
D|-3-------------------------|--------------------------|-0-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-3------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------->--------------------------->------------------------->
Dm
e|-------1-----1-----1-------|
B|-----3---3-----3-----3-----|
G|---2-------2-----2-----2p0-|
D|-0-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
------------> fade to nothing....
Throughout each verse and chorus the Dm at the end of each line (between lyrics)
can be played one of two ways (not sure which is right,but I thinkn it's the second one) -
Dm
e|--1-1--0--3p0---1-----| e|--1-1---1h3p1p0--1--
B|--3-3--3--3-----3-----| B|--3-3---3--------3--
G|--------------2-------| G|------2-------2-----
D|----------------------| D|--------------------
A|----------------------| A|--------------------
E|----------------------| E|--------------------
CHORDS NOTATION KEY
Dm F C Decrescendo - gradually get softer
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe p - pull off
xxo--- xx---- x--o-o
|||||1 ||||11 ||||1| h - hammer on
|||2|| |||2|| ||2|||
||||3| ||3||| |3|||| / - slide up
|||||| |||||| ||||||
for chord diagrams to left - EADGBe :string names
------
|||||| :1st fret
|23||| :number for finger
placements,
o - open string
x - string not played
in chord
That's should be right, at least as best as I can tell, anwyay...
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