What's the Matter Here? chords by 10, 000 Maniacs
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Intro 1
(G major) (F major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
That (G major) young boy
without a name I'd know his face
In this city the kid's my favorite
I've seen (F major) him (Dsus4)
I see him every day (G major)
Seen him run outside looking for
a place to hide from his father
The kid half naked and (F major) said to myself (Dsus4) "Oh,
(D major) what's the matter here?" (G major)
I'm (C major) tired of the ex (D major) cuses (E minor) everybody uses,
he's their kid (C major) I (D major) stay out of (G major) it
But (C major) who gave (D major) you the (E minor) right to do this? (C major) (D major)
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Verse 2
(G major) We live on Morgan Street
Just ten feet between and his mother,
I never see her
But her screams (F major) and cussing,
(Dsus4) I hear them every day (G major)
Threats like: "If you don't mind
I will beat on your behind"
"Slap you, slap you silly"
Made me (F major) say, (Dsus4) "Oh,
(D major) what's the matter here?" (G major)
I'm tired (C major) of the ex (D major) cuses (E minor) everybody uses,
he's your kid, (C major) (D major) do as you see fit (G major)
But (C major) get this (D major) through that (E minor) I don't approve of what you (C major) did to you (D major) own flesh and (G major) blood
Interlude 1
(F major) (Dsus4) (G major)
(F major) (E minor) (G major) (Dsus4) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (F major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(D minor)
Verse 3
"If (G major) you don't sit (F major) on this chair straight (C major)
(F major) I'll (G major) take this (F major) belt from around my (G major) waist (Ddim) (D minor) and
(G major) don't think that I won't use it!"
Verse 4
(C major) Answer me and take (D major) your time
What (E minor) could be the awful crime
he could (C major) do at such (D major) young an (G major) age?
If I'm the (C major) only witness to (D major) your madness (E minor) offer me some
words to balance (C major) out what I see (D major) and what I hear (G major)
All these (C major) cold and (Dsus4) rude (D major) (E minor) things that you do I
sup (C major) pose you do because (D major) he belongs to (G major) you
And instead (C major) of love, the feel (D major) of warmth you've (E minor) given him
these cuts and sores (C major) won't heal with time (Dsus4) (D major) or age
(G major)
Verse 5
And I want to say,
I want to say (F major) (Dsus4) "What's the matter here?" (G major)
But I don't dare (F major) say (Dsus4)
"What's the mat (D major) ter here?" (G major)
But I don't dare (F major) say
(Dsus4)
What's the Matter Here?
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