{"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":2314197,"song":"We Cant Make It Here","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482770-we-cant-make-it-here-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2314197?type=chord","rating":4.78906,"votes":10,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   4 times\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign sitting there by the left turn line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFlag on the wheelchair flapping in the breeze, one leg missing and both hands free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo one's paying much mind to him, the V.A. budget's just stretched so thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there's more comin' home from the Mideast war, we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that big ol' building was the textile mill, it fed our kids and it paid our bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they turned us out and they closed the doors, we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee those pallets piled up on the loading dock, they're just gonna set there till they rot[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack, just busted concrete and rusted tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEmpty storefronts around the square, there's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou don't come down here 'less you're looking to score, we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bar's still open but man it's slow, the tip jar's light and the register's low[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bartender don't have much to say, the regular crowd gets thinner each day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome have maxed out all their credit cards, some are working two jobs and living in cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMinimum wage don't pay for a roof, don't pay for a drink, if you gotta have proof[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust try it yourself Mr. CEO See how far 5.15 an hour will go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake a part time job at one of your stores I bet you can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a high school girl with a bourgeois dream, just like the pictures in the magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe found on the floor of the Laundromat, a woman with kids can forget all that[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf she comes up pregnant what'll she do, forget the career, forget about school[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan she live on faith? live on hope, high on Jesus or hooked on dope[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen it's way too late to just say no, you can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store just like the ones we made before[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cept this one came from Singapore, I guess we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShould I hate a people for the shade of their skin or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShould I hate 'em for having our jobs today, no I hate the men sent the jobs away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can see them all now, they haunt my dreams, all lily white and squeaky clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've never known want, they'll never know need, their s**t don't stink and their kids won't bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir kids won't bleed in the damn little war and we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill work for food, will die for oil, will kill for power and to us the spoils[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe billionaires get to pay less tax, the working poor get to fall through the cracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet 'em eat jellybeans, let 'em eat cake, let 'em eat s**t, whatever it takes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey can join the Air Force, or join the Corps if they can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that's how it is, that's what we got if the president wants to admit it or not[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can read it in the paper, read it on the wall, hear it on the wind, if you're listening at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGet out of that limo, look us in the eye, call us on the cell phone, tell us all why[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Dayton, Ohio or Portland, Maine or a cotton gin out on the great high plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's done closed down along with the school and the hospital and the swimming pool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDust devils dance in the noonday heat, there's rats in the alley and trash in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGang graffiti on a boxcar door, we can't make it here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  Cadd9  G   4 times\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Cadd9  G  D  Cadd9  G   D  Cadd9","chords":["D","Cadd9","G","Cadd9/B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}