Whats The Matter Here
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
A x02220
Amaj7 x02120
A6 x04220
G6/A x05430
E7sus4 022230
A7/E xx2020
Dadd9/F# xx4x20
A7 xx7050
[Intro]
A Amaj7 A6
Amaj7 G/A
Mmm la la, yeah yeah yeah
E7sus4
Oh oh oh
A A6
Hey, hey
[Verse 1]
A
That young boy without a name
Amaj7
anywhere, I'd know his face.
A6
In the city,
Amaj7
The kid's my favorite.
G/A
I've seen him, seen him.
E7sus4 A A6
I see him every day.
[Verse 1]
A
I’ve seen him run outside
Amaj7
looking for a place to hide
A6
from his father,
Amaj7
the kid half naked made me
G/A
say to myself,
E7sus4 A A6
“Oh, what's the matter here?"
[Chorus]
D E F#m
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses,
D
he's their kid
E A
I stay out of it
D E F#m
But who gave you the right
D E
to do this?
[Verse 3]
A
We live on Morgan Street,
Amaj7
just ten feet between.
A6
And his mother,
Amaj7
I never see her, but her
G/A
screams and curses,
E7sus4 A A6
I hear them every day.
[Verse 4]
A
Threats like: "If you don't mind
Amaj7
I will beat on your behind,
A6
Slap you,
Amaj7
Slap you silly," made me
G/A
Say-ay-ay
E7sus4 A A6
“Oh, what's the matter here?!"
[Chorus]
D E F#m
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses,
D
He's your kid
E A
Do as you see fit
D E F#m
But get this through that I don't approve of what you
D E A
Did to your own flesh and blood.
[Solo]
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
G/A E7sus4 A A6
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
G/A E7sus4 A A6
[Chorus 3]
D E F#m
I have heard the excuses everybody uses,
D
He's your kid
E A
Do as you see fit
D E F#m
But get this through that I don't approve of what you
D E
Did to your own flesh and...
[Interlude]
A7/E Dadd9/F# A7 Dadd9/F#
... blood
A7/E Dadd9/F# A7 Dadd9/F#
[Bridge]
A7/E Dadd9/F# A7 Dadd9/F#
"If you don't sit in your chair straight
A7/E Dadd9/F# A7 Dadd9/F#
I'll take this belt from around my waist
A7/E Dadd9/F# A
And don't you think that I won't use it!"
[Chorus 4]
D E
Answer me and take your time
F#m
What could be the awful crime
D E A
He could do at so young an age?
D E
If I’m the only witness to your madness
F#m
Offer me some words to balance
D E A
out what I see and what I hear.
D E
Oh, these cold and lonely
F#m
things that you do,
D E A
I suppose you do because he belongs to you.
D E
And instead of love and the feel of warm,
F#m
you've given him these cuts and sores that
D E A A6
Don’t heal with time or with age.
[Outro 1]
A
And I want
A6
to say I
G/A
want to say-ay-ay
E7sus4 A
“Oh, what’s the matter here?”
A6
But, I don’t dare
G/A
say-ay-ay
E7sus4 A
“What’s the matter here?!”
A
But I don’t dare
G/E
say-
E7sus4 A6
aaaay--aay
How to play Whats The Matter Here
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