RIFF 1:

       Dm  (sus4)           Fmaj7     C

   E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-----0---0---|

   B|------3-----------3--------1---------1-------|

   G|----2---------------2----2-----------0-------|

   D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|

   A|---------------------------------3-----------|

   E|---------------------------------------------|

   

   

   INTRO:

   ------

   Play RIFF 1 three times,

   then play this variation once:

       Dm  (sus4)           Fmaj7     C

   E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-------------|

   B|------3-----------3--------1-----------------|

   G|----2---------------2----2-------------------|

   D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|

   A|---------------------------------3----3p0-3--|

   E|---------------------------------------------|

   

   

   (The chords in the verses and choruses

    are played something like this):

   

       Dm           Fmaj7    C          Dm

   E|------1----1-x---0----0-----0----0-1---1-3p1---1---|

   B|------3----3-x---1----1-----1----1-3---3-3-----3---|

   G|------2----2-x---2----2-----0----0-2---2-2-----2---|

   D|--0-0----------3-----------------------------0-----|

   A|------------------------3-3------------------------|

   E|---------------------------------------------------|

   

   (It's kind of hard to tab out the timing but you get the idea.)

   

   

   VERSE 1:

   --------

   Dm                 Fmaj7             C                      Dm

     We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change

   Dm                Fmaj7                C                   Dm

     The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange

   Dm          Fmaj7                 C                        Dm

     He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes

   Dm       Fmaj7           C                  Dm

     "Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies

   Dm       Fmaj7               C                  Dm

     God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes

   Dm                       Fmaj7                C                Dm

     'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

   

   

   CHORUS:

   -------

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      Dm

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      Dm

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      Dm

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   Dm                Fmaj7                C  (strum last C chord)

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   

   Then you play this: (I think he doesn't play this in the

   version that's on the single, but he does in the version

   I have)



      Dm            E*        Dm            E*

   E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--

   B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--

   G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------

   D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------

   A|------------------------------------------------

   E|------------------------------------------------

   

      Dm            E*        Dm

   E-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|

   B---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|

   G--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|

   D--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|

   A--------------------------------------------------|

   E--------------------------------------------------|





   VERSE 2:(play like verse 1)

   --------

   Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom

   that said he was in love

   He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll

   I'm the man you've been dreaming of."

   But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls

   And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man

   I'm cuttin' off his balls."

   And then she heads for the clinic and

   she gets some static walking through the door

   They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner

   and they call her a whore

   God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

   'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

   

   

   CHORUS: (play like previous chorus)

   -------

   Then you really might know what it's like...

   Then you really might know what it's like...

   Then you really might know what it's like...

   Then you really might know what it's like...

   

   

   BRIDGE: (play RIFF 1)

   -------

   Dm

     I've seen a rich man beg

                        Fmaj7

   I've seen a good man sin

                         C

   I've seen a tough man cry

   Dm

     I've seen a loser win

                 Fmaj7

   And a sad man grin

                         C

   I heard an honest man lie

   Dm

     I've seen the good side of bad

                       Fmaj7

   And the downside of up

                    C

   And everything between

   Dm

     I licked the silver spoon

                         Fmaj7

   Drank from the golden cup

                         C

   And smoked the finest green

   Dm

     I stroked the fattest dimes

                        Fmaj7

   at least a couple of times

                        C

   Before I broke their heart

   Dm

     You know where it ends,

                    Fmaj7

   yo, it usually depends

                C

   on where you start

   

   

   (when you've played the bridge you play this):

   

      Dm            E*        Dm            E*

   E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--

   B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--

   G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------

   D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------

   A|------------------------------------------------

   E|------------------------------------------------

   

      Dm            E*        Dm

   E-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|

   B---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|

   G--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|

   D--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|

   A--------------------------------------------------|

   E--------------------------------------------------|

   

   

   VERSE 3: (play like verses 1 & 2)

   --------

   I knew this kid named Max

   who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs

   He liked to hang out late

   he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs

   until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head

   He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead

   Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain

   You know it comes that way

   At least that's what they say when you play the game

   God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news

   'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

   

   

   CHORUS: 

   -------

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      Dm

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      Dm

     Then you really might know what it's like...

   Dm                Fmaj7                C      

     Then you really might know what it's like...

              Dm  <- the OUTRO starts on this chord

   to have to lose

                

   

   OUTRO:

   ------

   I don't have the song with me but the outro

   goes something like this:

   

      Dm                     Fmaj7

   E|-----1-----1-----1----------0-----0-----0------

   B|-------3-----3-----3----------1-----1-----1----

   G|---2-----2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2--

   D|-0----------------------3----------------------

   A|-----------------------------------------------

   E|-----------------------------------------------

   

      C                      Dm

   E------0-----0-----0----------1-----1-----3-1--|

   B--------1-----1-----1----------3-----3--------|

   G----------0-----0-----0----2-----2-----2------|

   D----2--------------------0--------------------|

   A--3-------------------------------------------|

   E----------------------------------------------|