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 STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
 Chords:
 |E5(1)|--F5-|--G5-|--A5-|--D5-|E5(2)|
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--9--|
 |--2--|--3--|--5--|--7--|--7--|--9--|
 |--2--|--3--|--5--|--7--|--5--|--7--|
 |--0--|--1--|--3--|--5--|-----|-----|
                               D5                           A5  E5(1)
 So you waste another day getting older and gray in the head,
                                           D5                          A5  E5(1)
 And you're hearing lots of stories 'bout the happy time you have ahead.
 There are G5other folks in power so yoD5u kick back and get faA5rther behind,
                                         D5                          A5  E5(1)
 And although the world rotates itself the only thing you twist is your mind.
 You see, the wG5orld's falling aD5part at the rA5ifts,
                                    G5           D5  E5(2)
 And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.
 You mean G5nothing to the wD5orld, we're all G5someone else's fA5ool,
 But F5oh, what G5can you A5do?
 "Yeah you waste your time with losers if you get stuck in a rock-n-roll band."
 Do you find it more rewarding to compete with morons throughout this land?
 They seem to be in power so I'll kick back and get farther behind.
 And I watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their "minds."
 You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,
 And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.
 You mean nothing to the world, we're all someone else's fool,
 But oh, what can you do?
  G5   G5   G5  G5/ A5(x4)
 [solo]
  A5   A5   G5   D5(x8) then  F5   G5  A5  
 Yeah you waste another day getting older and gray in the head,
 And we're hearing lots of stories 'bout the happy time we have ahead.
 The morons are in power so we kick back and get farther behind,
 And we watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their "minds."
 You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,
 And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.
 We mean nothing to the world, merely someone else's fool,
 But oh, what can you do?
 I said, F5oh, what G5can you A5do?
 Go!
  D5   A5  E5(1) E5(1)
  D5   A5  E5(1) E5(2)

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What Can You Do

by Bad Religion

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STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe

Chords:

|E5(1)|--F5-|--G5-|--A5-|--D5-|E5(2)|

|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

|-----|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--9--|

|--2--|--3--|--5--|--7--|--7--|--9--|

|--2--|--3--|--5--|--7--|--5--|--7--|

|--0--|--1--|--3--|--5--|-----|-----|

D5 A5 E5

(1)

So you waste another day getting older and gray in the head,

D5 A5 E5

(1)

And you're hearing lots of stories 'bout the happy time you have ahead.

G5 D5 A5

There are other folks in power so you kick back and get farther behind,

D5 A5 E5

(1)

And although the world rotates itself the only thing you twist is your mind.

G5 D5 A5

You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,

G5 D5 E5

(2)

And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.

G5 D5 G5 A5

You mean nothing to the world, we're all someone else's fool,

F5 G5 A5

But oh, what can you do?

"Yeah you waste your time with losers if you get stuck in a rock-n-roll band."

Do you find it more rewarding to compete with morons throughout this land?

They seem to be in power so I'll kick back and get farther behind.

And I watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their "minds."

You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,

And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.

You mean nothing to the world, we're all someone else's fool,

But oh, what can you do?

G5 G5 G5 G5 A5

/ (x4)

[solo]

A5 A5 G5 D5 F5 G5 A5

(x8) then

Yeah you waste another day getting older and gray in the head,

And we're hearing lots of stories 'bout the happy time we have ahead.

The morons are in power so we kick back and get farther behind,

And we watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their "minds."

You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,

And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.

We mean nothing to the world, merely someone else's fool,

But oh, what can you do?

F5 G5 A5

I said, oh, what can you do?

Go!

D5 A5 E5 E5

(1) (1)

D5 A5 E5 E5

(1) (2)

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