What We Worked For chords by Against Me!

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Lost the confidence
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to write a song,
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So I found three simple chords
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And held them together
with my weak voice
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On an out of tune guitar
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My father gave to me.
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And may

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Verse 2
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Elvis turn in his grave
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And Les Paul kiss my dirty,
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calloused fingers
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And may the likes of this song never make
One fucking dollar,
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leave it for a de mo tape
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To be played until it's broken,
Then remembered only for
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what it was.
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Verse 3

That we gave them hell

Verse 4

That we gave them hell

Verse 5
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To my friends and enemies who
could have been anything,
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Titans and heroes who found
sruvival in cause and effect.
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Behind counters,
Behind windows,
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Striving just
To be people
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With bitter ideals of justice.
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Do we only need to keep working
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because it pays rent?
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Sleeping under plastic stars
glued to ceiling,
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Muscles burning alcohol and nicotine
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Every morning.
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Verse 6

But we gave them hell

Verse 7

But we gave them hell

Verse 8
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There's a height beyond skyscrapers,
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There's a distance beyond the freeway,
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More than pictures in a magazine,
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More than tragedy in a rock and roll song.
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It's more than actions you
know are safe to make.
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It's more than money could ever buy.