What's the Matter Here? chords by 
10000 Maniacs 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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G
Esus4
E
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Verse 1
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That young boy
without a name I'd know his face
In this city the kid's my favorite
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Esus4
I've seen him
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I see him every day
Seen him run outside looking for
a place to hide from his father
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Esus4
The kid half naked and said to myself "Oh,
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A
what's the matter here?"
D
E
F#m
I'm tired of the ex cuses everybody uses,
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he's their kid I stay out of it
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F#m
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But who gave you the right to do this?
Verse 2
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We live on Morgan Street
Just ten feet between and his mother,
I never see her
G
But her screams and cussing,
Esus4
A
I hear them every day
Threats like: "If you don't mind
I will beat on your behind"
"Slap you, slap you silly"
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Esus4
Made me say, "Oh,
E
A
what's the matter here?"
D
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F#m
I'm tired of the ex cuses everybody uses,
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he's your kid, do as you see fit
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F#m
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But get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh and blood
Interlude 1
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Esus4
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G
F#m
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Esus4
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D
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F#m
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F#m
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G
Em
Verse 3
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G
D
"If you don't sit on this chair straight
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G
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Edim
Em
I'll take this belt from around my waist and
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don't think that I won't use it!"
Verse 4
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Answer me and take your time
F#m
What could be the awful crime
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he could do at such young an age?
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F#m
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some
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words to balance out what I see and what I hear
D
Esus4
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F#m
All these cold and rude things that you do I
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sup pose you do because he belongs to you
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F#m
And instead of love, the feel of warmth you've given him
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Esus4
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these cuts and sores won't heal with time or age
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Verse 5
And I want to say,
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Esus4
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I want to say "What's the matter here?"
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Esus4
But I don't dare say
E
A
"What's the mat ter here?"
G
But I don't dare say
Esus4
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G Esus4 E D...
A
G
Esus4
E
D
F#m
Em
Edim
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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