Twelve Years chords by Day One

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Verse 1
F 
E 
Am 
Dm 
F 
Twelve years an employee
E 
and they got rid of me
Am 
Save your sorries,
Dm 
I got four mouths, two feet
F 
I keep knocking on doors
E 
but they just don't seem
Am 
Dm 
to open
F 
There's a lot I can do
E 
and I'll learn what I can't
Am 
Just give me a chance,
Dm 
F 
and I'll turn my hand to anything,
E 
Am 
Dm 
anything that you got go  ing
Bb 
C 
Bb 
C 
F 
Cause I try, and I try, but it don't work
Dm 
F 
Dwa Dwa, it don't work
Dm 
F 
Dwa Dwa, ain't no work
Dm 
F 
Doo -wop, doo -wop, ain't no work
Dm 
Doo -wop, doo -wop
F 
Now it's been a fight
E 
to bring my kids up right
Am 
Dm 
And I've never stolen a thing in my life
F 
But it's getting a struggle
E 
Am 
Dm 
just to put food on the table
F 
Now we can't survive,
E 
couldn't stand the shame in my eyes
Am 
Dm 
So I   kissed goodbye to my hungry wife
F 
And I went to provide
E 
Am 
Dm 
the only way I was able
Bb 
C 
Cause I tried
Bb 
C 
Yeah, I tried
F 
But it don't work
Dm 
F 
It don't work
Dm 
F 
Dua Dua, ain't no work
Dm 
F 
Dua Dua, ain't no work
Dm 
Dua Dua
F 
Now I  can bet you think
E 
I deserve what I get
Am 
Dm 
It's not what I wanted but I got no regrets
F 
I didn't steal for greed,
E 
Am 
Dm 
I simply stole for survival
F 
Well the bank robbed from me,
E 
so I  robbed the bank
Am 
Their crimes mitigated by
Dm 
their circumstance
F 
But no such thought
E 
Am 
Dm 
was spared for me at my trial
F 
Twelve years they gave me
E 
when they found me guilty
Am 
Too late for sorries,
Dm 
no chance of reprieve
F 
I keep bangin' on doors,
E 
Am 
Dm 
but they just don't seem to open
Bb 
C 
Cause I try, cause I try,
Bb 
C 
yeah I try, and I try
F 
But it don't work,
Dm 
F 
it don't work, ain't no work
Dm 
F 
I keep trying, it don't work,
nothing seems to go right
Dm 
F 
It don't work, ain't no work
Dm 
Everything's stacked against me
F 
It don't work
Dm 
Don't wanna make an honest living
F 
It don't work
Dm 
Don't wanna keep trying
F 
It don't work
Dm 
But nothing works
F 
It don't work
Dm 
How's this gonna work?
It don't work