Can't Win chords by Richard Thompson

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Em
F#m
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F#dim
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Esus4

Verse 1
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 (E major)  (A major)  (E major) I star (B major) ted to cry,
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 (E major) they put gin  (D major) in my cup  (A major) 
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 (E major) I started  (B minor) to  crawl,  (E major) 
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and they swaddled  (A major) me up  (B minor) 
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I  (E major) got up and run (A major) ,  they said  (E major) "Easy, son,
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 (A major) Play up,  (E major) play the game"  (A major)  (E major) 
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They told  (B minor) me to think

Verse 2
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 (E major) and
forget what I'd heard
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They told me to  (D major) lie  (E major) and
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they questioned my word  (A major)  (E major) 
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They told me to fail,  (A major) better  (E major) sink than sail,  (A major) 
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Just  (E major) play the game  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 

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Verse 3

Oh, towers will tumble and lo

custs will visit the land

Oh, a curse on your house and your chil

dren and the fruit of your hand

They said "You

Verse 4

can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

Verse 5

You can't win. You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

Don't you dare do this

Verse 6

Don't you dare do that"

We shoot down dreams,

We stiletto in the back

Oh the nerve of some people,

Verse 7
Em 
The nerve  (E minor) of some people,
C 
The  (C major) nerve of some
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I  (A major) don't know who you think you are,
Who you think you are
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 (E major) 

Verse 8
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 (B major) 
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Bm 
E 
 (B minor) Oh   (E major)  (B minor) what kind  (E major) of mother
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would ham (D major) string her son (A major) s?
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 (E major) Throw sand in their eyes and
put ice on their tongues
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Ah better to leave  (A major) than
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 (E major) stay here and grieve  (A major) 
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And  (E major) play the game  (A major)  (E major) 
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Don't waken  (B minor)  (E major) the dead

Verse 9
as
Bm 
 (B minor) you sleepwalk around
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 (C sharp minor)  (B major) If you have  (E major) a  dream, brother,
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hush,  (B minor) not  (E major) a sound  (A major)  (E major) 
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Just stand there and rust,  (A major)  (E major) die if you must  (A major) 
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 (E major) But play the game  (A major)  (E major) 

Verse 10
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 (E minor) Oh, if we can't have  (A major) it,
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 (E minor) Why should a wretch like you?  (A major) 
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Oh,  (E minor) it was drilled in our head (A major) s,
Em 
F# 
Now we  (E minor) drill it into your head too  (F sharp major) 
B 
 (B major) They said "You

Verse 11

can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

Verse 12

You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

Verse 13

Don't you dare do this

Don't you dare do that"

We shoot down dreams,

Verse 14
A 
We stiletto  (A major) in the back
Em 
Oh, the  (E minor) nerve of some people,
The nerve of some people,
C 
The  (C major) nerve of some people
A 
Em 
I  (A major) don't know who you think you are  (E minor) 

Verse 15
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C 
The  (E minor) nerve of  (G major)  (C major) some people,
A 
the nerve  (A major) of some people
Em 
The  (E minor) nerve of some people,
the nerve of some people
C 
The  (C major) nerve of some people,
A 
the  (A major) nerve of some people
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
C 
The nerve  (E minor) of some people,  (D major) the  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major) nerve of some people

Outro 1
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