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CAPO 3
 Em    Fmaj7X4
   EmYour chances are rFmaj7unning out
I can sEmee possibilities clFmaj7early
   Emthe poor man who put those rFmaj7umours about
Emobviously didn't really hFmaj7ear me
ShFmaj7e's  Breaking our backs Emwith slurs and
takinFmaj7g our tax for mEmurdering
the Fmaj7only thing I knEmow
       she'll have to gEmo
       Fmaj7she'll have to gEmo
she'll have to go
she'll have to go
she'll have to go
 Em    Fmaj7X6                   
Your grass may be greener man
I was born on the pavement
I'm standing 
in it's blue grass honey
it's a working man
it's more than all the things
that you're demanding
She's Breaking our backs with slurs and
and taking our tax for murdering
the only thing I know
she'll have to go
she'll have to go
she'll have to go
she'll have to go

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Shell Have To Go

by Simply Red

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

CAPO 3

Em Fmaj7

Your chances are running out

Em Fmaj7

I can see possibilities clearly

Em Fmaj7

the poor man who put those rumours about

Em Fmaj7

obviously didn't really hear me

Fmaj7 Em

She's Breaking our backs with slurs and

Fmaj7 Em

taking our tax for murdering

Fmaj7 Em

the only thing I know

she'll have to go

Fmaj7 Em

she'll have to go

Em Fmaj7

Your grass may be greener man

I was born on the pavement

I'm standing

in it's blue grass honey

it's a working man

it's more than all the things

that you're demanding

She's Breaking our backs with slurs and

and taking our tax for murdering

the only thing I know

she'll have to go

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