Tom: Cm
G G G A#
G G G D5
(repeat as often as you like)
[Chorus]
G
Where you run
G
Where you hide
A# G
Don’t matter much when you’re down on your luck
G
What you smoke
G
What you drink
D5 G
Don’t matter much if you don’t want to think
[Verse 1]
G
Now listen to me brother, man
G
i’ll tell it so you can understand
G
we got a whole lotta more discovering
A# G
don’t act like you know all to know in the universe
you can’t flow from the first to the next verse
G
your a manifest of the effect of a cause without a man
D5
but you’re not a lost cause, brother man
G
now hear me out sister, lady
G
keep hoping for the sun when it’s being rainy
G
you have a special kind of responsibility
A#
the ability to channel our divinity
G
tap into a sacred symettry
G
grow and foster a child into infancy
G D5
all my sisters out there with powerful souls
G
keep your love strong
[Chorus]
G
Where you run
G
Where you hide
A# G
Don’t matter much when you’re down on your luck
G
What you smoke
G
What you drink
D5 G
Don’t matter much if you don’t want to think
[Verse 2]
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i gotta bone to pick / he’s got a bone to pick
G
it really makes me sick / yeah, it makes him sick
G
i think it’s poisonous / it’s really poisonous
A#
most employment is / that’s the truth
G
i’ll tell ya quick / say it now
G
i got a choice of this / what’s that?
[Bridge]
G D5
[Interlude]
G
a slave to a debt
G
or a slave to sweat
G
a slave to a debt
A#
or a slave to sweat
G
a slave to a debt
G
or a slave to sweat
G
a slave to a debt
D#
or a slave to sweat
[instrumental]
G G G A#
G G G D5
(repeat as often as you like or even skip)
[Verse 3]
G
Where you run
G
Where you hide
A# G
Don’t matter much when you’re down on your luck
G
What you smoke
G
What you drink
D5 G
Don’t matter much if you don’t want to think
[Verse 4]
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now that you have
G
listened to me grooving to me,
G A#
moving with me, losing all control
that’s for sure now
G
that you went from benign right to
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thrive - right to strive
G
hey man! high five! you and
A#
me, let’s keep alive!
G
now go outside and breathe
G
take a look out at a tree
G
inhale! what is it that you
D5
see? is it something you be-
G
lieve? - perhaps it is a per-
G
ception that is clear?
A#
or perhaps it is a-something that you fear?
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