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Bm11                      E  Dmaj7/   E  Esus4  
I started to cry, they put gin in my cup
  Dmaj7/    E                E         Dmaj7  Esus4  
I started to crawl and they swaddled me up
  Dmaj7/    E                E  Asus2/ E  E  
I got up and run, they said, easy son
         Asus2/  E  E  
Play up, play the game
Dmaj7/         E              E  Dmaj7/      E  Esus4  
They told me to think and forget what I'd heard
     Dmaj7/    E              E           Dmaj7  Esus4  
They told me to lie and then questioned my word
     Dmaj7/      E              E  Asus2/   E  E  
They taught me to fail, better sink than sail
     Asus2/  E  E  
Just play the game
Em7Oh towers will A/Etumble and Em7locusts will visit the A/Eland
                Em7              A/E                              Em7F#m7b5
B9sus4Oh a curse on your house and your children and the fruit of your hand
They said you Emcan't win, you Gcan't win
    F#m7b5           Fmaj7b5  
You sweat blood, you give in
You Emcan't win, you Gcan't win
F#m7b5           Fmaj7b5  
Turn the cheek, take it on the chin
Don't you Emdare do this don't you Em/Ddare do that
                        CA7sus2
We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back
The Emnerve of some people, the Em/Dnerve of some people
The Cnerve of some people
  A7sus                                                    E Bm7 E Esus4
Bm11I don't know who you think you are, who you think you are
Oh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons
Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues
Better to leave than stay here and grieve
And play the game
Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around
If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound
Stand there and rust, and die if you must
But play the game
Oh if we can't have  it, why should a wretch like you?
Oh it was drilled in our heads, now we drill it into your head too
You can't win, you can't win
You sweat blood, you give in
You can't win, you can't win
Turn the cheek, take it on the chin
Don't you dare do this don't you dare do that
We harpoon dreams, we stiletto in the back
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

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Cant Win

by Richard Thompson

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Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

Esus4

Asus2

Em7

A/E

Fmaj7b5

Em/D

A7sus

Bm7

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E Dmaj7 E Esus4

Bm11 /

I started to cry, they put gin in my cup

Dmaj7 E E Dmaj7 Esus4

I started to crawl and they swaddled me up

Dmaj7 E E Asus2 E E

/ /

I got up and run, they said, easy son

Asus2 E E

Play up, play the game

Dmaj7 E E Dmaj7 E Esus4

/ /

They told me to think and forget what I'd heard

Dmaj7 E E Dmaj7 Esus4

They told me to lie and then questioned my word

Dmaj7 E E Asus2 E E

/ /

They taught me to fail, better sink than sail

Asus2 E E

Just play the game

Em7 A/E Em7 A/E

Oh towers will tumble and locusts will visit the land

Em7 A/E Em7

F#m7b5

B9sus4

Oh a curse on your house and your children and the fruit of your hand

Em G

They said you can't win, you can't win

Fmaj7b5

F#m7b5

You sweat blood, you give in

Em G

You can't win, you can't win

Fmaj7b5

F#m7b5

Turn the cheek, take it on the chin

Em Em/D

Don't you dare do this don't you dare do that

A7sus2

We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back

Em Em/D

The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

A7sus E Bm7 E Esus4

Bm11

I don't know who you think you are, who you think you are

Oh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons

Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues

Better to leave than stay here and grieve

And play the game

Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around

If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound

Stand there and rust, and die if you must

But play the game

Oh if we can't have it, why should a wretch like you?

Oh it was drilled in our heads, now we drill it into your head too

You can't win, you can't win

You sweat blood, you give in

You can't win, you can't win

Turn the cheek, take it on the chin

Don't you dare do this don't you dare do that

We harpoon dreams, we stiletto in the back

The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

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