I Can't Write Left-Handed - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972

I Can't Write Left-Handed - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972 easy guitar chords by Bill Withers

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • Em

  • D

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    We recorded 
    this 
    song on 
    Oc

    tober 
    the 
    6th 

    Since then 
    the war's 
    been 

    declared 
    over

    If you're 
    like me 
    you'll remember 

    it like 
    anybody 
    remembers 
    any war 

    One 
    big 
    drag 

    Lot of people 
    write 
    songs 
    about 

    wars 
    and 
    government 

    Very 
    social 
    things 

    But 
    I think about 
    young 
    guys 
    who 
    were like 

    I was 
    when 
    I was young 

    I had 
    no more 
    idea 
    about 
    any 
    government, 

    or political 
    things 
    or 
    any
    thing 

    And I think 
    about 
    those kind 

    of young 
    guys now 

    Who 
    all of 
    a sudden somebody 

    comes 
    up 

    And 
    they're very 
    law-a
    biding 

    So 
    So if some
    body says 
    go 
    they don't 

    ask any 
    questions 
    they just 
    go 

    Verse 2
    And 
    I can remember 
    not 
    too long 

    ago 
    seeing 
    a young guy 

    With his 
    right arm 
    gone, 

    just 
    got back 

    And I asked 
    him 
    how 

    he was 
    do
    ing 

    He said he 
    was 
    doing 
    all right now 

    But he 
    had thought 
    he was 

    gonna die 

    He said 
    getting 
    shot 

    at didn't 
    bother 
    him 

    It was 
    getting shot 
    that 

    shook him 
    up 

    And 
    tried 
    to put my
    self 

    in his posi
    tion 

    Maybe 
    he cried, 

    maybe 
    he 
    said 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    can't 
    write 
    left 
    handed 

    Would you 
    please 
    write 
    a let
    ter, 

    write 
    a letter 
    to my 
    mother? 

    Tell 
    her
    tell 
    her to tell 

    Tell 
    her to 
    tell 
    the 
    family 

    lawyer 

    Try 
    to 
    get a 
    deferment 
    for my 
    young

    er brother 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 4
    Tell the 
    Reverend 
    Har
    ris 
    to pray 
    for me, 

    Lord, 
    Lord, 
    Lord 

    ain't 
    gonna live, 
    don't be
    lieve I'm 
    going 

    to live to 
    get much 
    older 

    Strange 
    little 
    man 
    over here 
    in 
    Viet
    nam, 

    ain't, 
    I ain't 
    never 
    seen 

    Bless 
    his heart 
    I ain't 

    never 
    done 
    nothin' 
    to 

    He 
    done 
    shot 
    me 
    in 
    my 
    shoulder

    Interlude 3


    Verse 5
    Boot 
    camp 
    we 
    had 
    classes 


    You know 
    we talked 
    about 
    fightin', 

    fight
    in' 
    everyday 

    And 
    lookin' 
    through 
    rosy, 

    rosy 
    colored 
    glasses 

    I must 
    admit 
    it seemed 
    excit
    ing 

    any
    way 

    But 
    something 
    that they 
    over

    looked 
    to tell 
    me 

    Bullet
    s look 
    better 
    must 

    say 

    Rather 
    when 
    they 
    comin' 

    at 
    you 

    But 
    go 
    without 
    the 
    other 
    way 

    Verse 6

    And please 
    call 
    up the 
    Reverend 

    call 
    up, call 
    up the 
    Rev
    erend 

    Harris 

    And tell 
    him to ask 
    the 
    lord 
    to do 
    some 
    good things 

    for me 

    Tell him, 
    ain't gonna 
    live, 
    ain't 
    gonna 
    live 

    ain't gonna 
    live to 
    get much 

    older 

    Oh 
    Lord 

    Verse 7

    Strange 
    little 
    man 
    over 
    here 
    in 
    Vietnam, 

    ain't 
    never 
    seen 

    bless 
    his heart 
    I, ain't 

    never 
    done 
    nothing 
    to 

    he 
    done 
    shot 
    me 
    in 
    my 
    shoulder


    Outro 1


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