{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1874527,"song":"What About Me","artist":"Quicksilver Messenger Service","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11420106-what-about-me-chords-by-quicksilver-messenger-service/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1874527?type=chord","rating":4.78212,"votes":38,"content":"Written By: Jesse Otis Farrow / From The Album: \"What About Me\"\r\n\r\nRecorded: October 8, 1970 / Released: December, 1970\r\n[Intro] \r\n(With Flute riff over chords) \r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou poisoned my sweet water.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou cut down my green trees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe food you fed my children[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWas the cause of their disease.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy world is slowly fallin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the air's not good to breathe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd those of us who care enough,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe have to do something...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour newspapers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey just put you on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey never tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe whole story.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey just put your[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYoung ideas down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI was wonderin' could this be the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOf your pride and glory?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI work in your factory.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI study in your schools.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI fill your penitentiaries.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd your military too![/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel the future trembling,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs the word is passed around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"If you stand up for what you do believe,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBe prepared to be shot down. \"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the land where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I live like an outlaw.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm always on the run...[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm always getting busted[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I got to take a stand...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI believe the revolution[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMust be mighty close at hand...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI smoke marijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I can't get behind your wars.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd most of what I do believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs against most of your laws[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a fugitive from injustice[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I'm goin' to be free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\n'Cause your rules and regulations[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey don't do the thing for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the land where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I live just like an outlaw.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm always on the run.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd though you may be stronger now, my time will come around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou keep adding to my numbers, and you shoot my people down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh... Oh What you gonna do about me?[/tab]","plain_text":"Written By: Jesse Otis Farrow / From The Album: \"What About Me\"\n\nRecorded: October 8, 1970 / Released: December, 1970\n[Intro] \n(With Flute riff over chords) \nEm  Am  Em  Am \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","Am","Dm","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}