{"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":86901,"song":"Cant Win","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550262-cant-win-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86901?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n[tab]Bm11         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nI started to cry, they put gin in my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nI started to crawl and they swaddled me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Asus2[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got up and run, they said, easy son[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Asus2[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPlay up, play the game[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nThey told me to think and forget what I'd heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]         [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nThey told me to lie and then questioned my word[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Asus2[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey taught me to fail, better sink than sail[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust play the game[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nOh towers will tumble and locusts will visit the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A/E[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]                            F#m7b5\r\nB9sus4[/tab]\r\nOh a curse on your house and your children and the fruit of your hand\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey said you can't win, you can't win[/tab]\r\n[tab]    F#m7b5           [ch]Fmaj7b5[/ch]\r\nYou sweat blood, you give in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can't win, you can't win[/tab]\r\n[tab]F#m7b5           [ch]Fmaj7b5[/ch]\r\nTurn the cheek, take it on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nDon't you dare do this don't you dare do that[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     A7sus2\r\nWe shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThe nerve of some people, the nerve of some people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe nerve of some people[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7sus[/ch]                                                    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nBm11[/tab]\r\nI don't know who you think you are, who you think you are\r\n\r\n\r\nOh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons\r\nThrow sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues\r\nBetter to leave than stay here and grieve\r\nAnd play the game\r\n\r\nDon't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around\r\nIf you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound\r\nStand there and rust, and die if you must\r\nBut play the game\r\n\r\nOh if we can't have  it, why should a wretch like you?\r\nOh it was drilled in our heads, now we drill it into your head too\r\n\r\nYou can't win, you can't win\r\nYou sweat blood, you give in\r\nYou can't win, you can't win\r\nTurn the cheek, take it on the chin\r\nDon't you dare do this don't you dare do that\r\nWe harpoon dreams, we stiletto in the back\r\nThe nerve of some people, the nerve of some people\r\nThe nerve of some people, the nerve of some people","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOh a curse on your house and your children and the fruit of your hand\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI don't know who you think you are, who you think you are\n\n\nOh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons\nThrow sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues\nBetter to leave than stay here and grieve\nAnd play the game\n\nDon't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around\nIf you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound\nStand there and rust, and die if you must\nBut play the game\n\nOh if we can't have  it, why should a wretch like you?\nOh it was drilled in our heads, now we drill it into your head too\n\nYou can't win, you can't win\nYou sweat blood, you give in\nYou can't win, you can't win\nTurn the cheek, take it on the chin\nDon't you dare do this don't you dare do that\nWe harpoon dreams, we stiletto in the back\nThe nerve of some people, the nerve of some people\nThe nerve of some people, the nerve of some people","chords":["E","Dmaj7","Esus4","Asus2","Em7","A/E","F#","Em","G","Fmaj7b5","Em/D","C","A7sus","Bm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}