Chords for Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me - 12/28/1975 - Winterland (Official)
Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
G
Am
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Am]
[Bb] [Dm]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Gm]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [Ab] [Gm]
How you feeling?
[Am]
I'm going to kick back a little bit.
[Gm] And if you feel like singing this song with me, that's [E] going to be okay with me.
[D]
[Am] If you want to sing it and you don't know the words to it, the words [Gm] are real easy.
They just go like that.
Uh-oh.
[F]
[Am] [C] What you going to do about [G] me?
[Gm] Can you sing it?
[A] They [Em] poisoned my [Am] sweet water.
[Em] [Gm] They cut down my green trees.
[Am] The food they fed my children.
[C] [G] Was the cause of [Gm] the disease.
[Am] My world is slowly falling down.
[C] [G] Isn't that good?
[Gm] [Am] And those of us that care enough, listen
[G] We got to do something
[Gm] [Dm] What you gonna do [G] about me?
[Gm]
I wanna [Dm] know
[D] What you gonna do about [Gm] me?
[G] [Bm] You [Am] know your newspaper
It just [Gm] puts you out
They [B] [Am]
don't ever tell [C] you
[B] [Gm]
[Bb] The whole [A] story
[G] [Gm] [Am]
They [Em] just [Am] play the real issues [Gm]
down
Oh my God
I was [Am] wondering
Could this be the end
Of [Gm] our bright life?
[Dm] [D] What you gonna [G] do about me?
[Gm] Let me hear you
[Ebm] [Dm] I wanna know
What you gonna do [Gm]
about me?
[G] [Am]
I worked in your [D] factories
[Am] [B] [Gm] And I studied in your [Bb] schools
[Cm] [Am] I was in the penitentiary, baby
[G] And the [Bb] military too
[Gm] [Am] And I feel the future trembling
[Em] As [Gm] the world gets [G] passed around
[Am] If you stand up for what you believe in
[E] We from [Gm] pain to good and [Am] shock
[G] What [Dm]
you gonna [G] do about me?
Sing it with me, [Dm] come on
[G] [Gm] You're sounding [G] beautiful
You [F] know I feel like a stranger
In [Bb] the land where I [G] was born
[F] And I run like an outlaw
You know what I mean?
[Gm] And they keep me on the [D] [Dm] run
Run, run, run
[Am] Trying to bust me, baby
[G] But I [Dm] will stay
I'll [Gm] stay and
[F] [Am] believe The revolution
[F] Must [Dm] be mighty close at hand
Let me hear you sing the song, come on
What you gonna do [G] about me?
You [Gm] sound like Andrew, the little [Bb] scholar
[C] [Dm] Here
[Gm]
[G] [D]
[Gm]
it comes again
[Dm] You know [E] I [Eb] smoke [Am] good marijuana, baby
[B] [Eb] [G] And I never did dig war
[Abm] [Am] But then you know most of what I do dig on
[Gm] Is against somebody's law
[B] I'm [Am] a [Am] fugitive from injustice, brother
[Gm] But I'm going to be free
You know the [Am] rules and regulations
That I'm [Gm] doing
And [G]
[Dm]
[G] [Gm] I'm going to be free
[Dm] And I'm going to [Gm]
[A] be free
You know [G] I [Am]
feel like a stranger
In [Gm] the land where I was [Bb] born
[Am] And I run like an outlaw
And [Gm] I'm always [F] on the [Dm] run
Run, run, [D] [G]
[F] [C] run
[F] Baby, [Cm] you know [Gm] our time is gonna come around
They just [Am] adding to our number
Every [G] time they're
Shoot out, baby
Run, run, shoot out, baby
[D]
What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
All right, give me that help [G] now, come on
[Dm]
What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
[F] Let me hear [G] you
[D]
[G] Don't be [Bb] afraid of it, just sing it right now
[Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
You're sounding weak, San Francisco
[Cm] [Bb] You better [D] soften up a little bit
Let [F] me hear you
[A] Now [G]
you're [Ab] sounding good
[Em] [A] [B] [E] [A] [N]
[Bb] [Dm]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Gm]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [Ab] [Gm]
How you feeling?
[Am]
I'm going to kick back a little bit.
[Gm] And if you feel like singing this song with me, that's [E] going to be okay with me.
[D]
[Am] If you want to sing it and you don't know the words to it, the words [Gm] are real easy.
They just go like that.
Uh-oh.
[F]
[Am] [C] What you going to do about [G] me?
[Gm] Can you sing it?
[A] They [Em] poisoned my [Am] sweet water.
[Em] [Gm] They cut down my green trees.
[Am] The food they fed my children.
[C] [G] Was the cause of [Gm] the disease.
[Am] My world is slowly falling down.
[C] [G] Isn't that good?
[Gm] [Am] And those of us that care enough, listen
[G] We got to do something
[Gm] [Dm] What you gonna do [G] about me?
[Gm]
I wanna [Dm] know
[D] What you gonna do about [Gm] me?
[G] [Bm] You [Am] know your newspaper
It just [Gm] puts you out
They [B] [Am]
don't ever tell [C] you
[B] [Gm]
[Bb] The whole [A] story
[G] [Gm] [Am]
They [Em] just [Am] play the real issues [Gm]
down
Oh my God
I was [Am] wondering
Could this be the end
Of [Gm] our bright life?
[Dm] [D] What you gonna [G] do about me?
[Gm] Let me hear you
[Ebm] [Dm] I wanna know
What you gonna do [Gm]
about me?
[G] [Am]
I worked in your [D] factories
[Am] [B] [Gm] And I studied in your [Bb] schools
[Cm] [Am] I was in the penitentiary, baby
[G] And the [Bb] military too
[Gm] [Am] And I feel the future trembling
[Em] As [Gm] the world gets [G] passed around
[Am] If you stand up for what you believe in
[E] We from [Gm] pain to good and [Am] shock
[G] What [Dm]
you gonna [G] do about me?
Sing it with me, [Dm] come on
[G] [Gm] You're sounding [G] beautiful
You [F] know I feel like a stranger
In [Bb] the land where I [G] was born
[F] And I run like an outlaw
You know what I mean?
[Gm] And they keep me on the [D] [Dm] run
Run, run, run
[Am] Trying to bust me, baby
[G] But I [Dm] will stay
I'll [Gm] stay and
[F] [Am] believe The revolution
[F] Must [Dm] be mighty close at hand
Let me hear you sing the song, come on
What you gonna do [G] about me?
You [Gm] sound like Andrew, the little [Bb] scholar
[C] [Dm] Here
[Gm]
[G] [D]
[Gm]
it comes again
[Dm] You know [E] I [Eb] smoke [Am] good marijuana, baby
[B] [Eb] [G] And I never did dig war
[Abm] [Am] But then you know most of what I do dig on
[Gm] Is against somebody's law
[B] I'm [Am] a [Am] fugitive from injustice, brother
[Gm] But I'm going to be free
You know the [Am] rules and regulations
That I'm [Gm] doing
And [G]
[Dm]
[G] [Gm] I'm going to be free
[Dm] And I'm going to [Gm]
[A] be free
You know [G] I [Am]
feel like a stranger
In [Gm] the land where I was [Bb] born
[Am] And I run like an outlaw
And [Gm] I'm always [F] on the [Dm] run
Run, run, [D] [G]
[F] [C] run
[F] Baby, [Cm] you know [Gm] our time is gonna come around
They just [Am] adding to our number
Every [G] time they're
Shoot out, baby
Run, run, shoot out, baby
[D]
What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
All right, give me that help [G] now, come on
[Dm]
What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
[F] Let me hear [G] you
[D]
[G] Don't be [Bb] afraid of it, just sing it right now
[Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
You're sounding weak, San Francisco
[Cm] [Bb] You better [D] soften up a little bit
Let [F] me hear you
[A] Now [G]
you're [Ab] sounding good
[Em] [A] [B] [E] [A] [N]
Key:
Gm
G
Am
Dm
D
Gm
G
Am
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ _
How you feeling?
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ I'm going to kick back a little bit.
[Gm] And if you feel like singing this song with me, that's [E] going to be okay with me.
[D]
[Am] If you want to sing it and you don't know the words to it, the words [Gm] are real easy.
They just go like that.
Uh-oh.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] What you going to do about [G] me?
_ [Gm] Can you sing it? _ _ _
[A] They [Em] poisoned my [Am] sweet water.
_ [Em] _ [Gm] They cut down my green trees.
_ [Am] _ _ The food they fed my children.
_ [C] [G] Was the cause of [Gm] the disease.
_ _ [Am] My world is slowly falling down.
_ [C] _ [G] _ Isn't that good?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _ And those of us that care enough, listen
[G] We got to do something
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ What _ you gonna do [G] about me?
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ I wanna [Dm] know
_ [D] What you gonna do about [Gm] me? _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] You [Am] know your _ newspaper
It just [Gm] puts you out
_ _ They [B] _ [Am] _ _
don't ever tell [C] you
[B] _ [Gm] _ _
[Bb] The whole [A] story
[G] _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _
They [Em] just [Am] play the real issues [Gm] _
down
Oh my God
I was [Am] wondering _
Could this be the _ end
Of [Gm] our bright life? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] What you gonna [G] do about me?
[Gm] Let me hear you
[Ebm] [Dm] I wanna know
_ What you gonna do _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ about me?
[G] _ _ [Am] _
I worked in your [D] factories
[Am] _ [B] [Gm] And I studied in your [Bb] schools
_ [Cm] [Am] I _ was in the penitentiary, baby
[G] And the [Bb] military _ too
[Gm] _ [Am] And I feel the future trembling
[Em] As [Gm] the world gets [G] passed around
_ [Am] If you stand up for what you believe in
[E] We from [Gm] pain to good and [Am] shock
[G] _ What [Dm] _ _
_ you gonna [G] do about _ me?
_ Sing it with me, [Dm] come on _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ You're sounding [G] beautiful
You [F] know I feel like a stranger
In [Bb] the land where I [G] was born
_ [F] And I run like an outlaw
You know what I mean?
[Gm] And they keep me on the _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] run
Run, run, run _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Trying to bust me, baby
[G] But I [Dm] will stay
I'll [Gm] stay and _
_ _ [F] _ [Am] _ believe The revolution
_ [F] Must [Dm] be mighty close at _ hand
Let me hear you sing the song, come on _
_ _ What you gonna do [G] about me?
You [Gm] sound like Andrew, the little [Bb] scholar
_ [C] [Dm] Here _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
it comes again
[Dm] You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
know [E] I [Eb] smoke [Am] good marijuana, baby
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [G] And I never did dig war
[Abm] [Am] But then you know most of what I do dig on
[Gm] Is against somebody's law
_ [B] I'm [Am] a [Am] fugitive from injustice, brother
_ [Gm] But I'm going to be free
You know the [Am] rules and regulations
That I'm [Gm] doing
And _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] I'm going to be free
_ [Dm] And I'm going to _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] be free
You know [G] I [Am] _
feel like a stranger
In [Gm] the land where I was [Bb] born
_ [Am] And I run like an outlaw
And [Gm] I'm always [F] on the [Dm] run
_ _ Run, run, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ [C] run
_ [F] _ Baby, [Cm] you know [Gm] our time is gonna come around
They just [Am] adding to our number
Every [G] time they're
Shoot out, baby
Run, run, shoot out, baby
[D] _ _
_ What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
All right, _ give me that help [G] now, come on
_ [Dm] _ _ _
What you gonna do [Gm] about me? _ _
[F] Let me hear [G] you
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Don't be [Bb] afraid of it, just sing it right now _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ You're sounding weak, San Francisco
[Cm] [Bb] You _ better [D] soften up a little bit
Let [F] me hear you
[A] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
you're [Ab] sounding good
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ _
How you feeling?
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ I'm going to kick back a little bit.
[Gm] And if you feel like singing this song with me, that's [E] going to be okay with me.
[D]
[Am] If you want to sing it and you don't know the words to it, the words [Gm] are real easy.
They just go like that.
Uh-oh.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] What you going to do about [G] me?
_ [Gm] Can you sing it? _ _ _
[A] They [Em] poisoned my [Am] sweet water.
_ [Em] _ [Gm] They cut down my green trees.
_ [Am] _ _ The food they fed my children.
_ [C] [G] Was the cause of [Gm] the disease.
_ _ [Am] My world is slowly falling down.
_ [C] _ [G] _ Isn't that good?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _ And those of us that care enough, listen
[G] We got to do something
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ What _ you gonna do [G] about me?
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ I wanna [Dm] know
_ [D] What you gonna do about [Gm] me? _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] You [Am] know your _ newspaper
It just [Gm] puts you out
_ _ They [B] _ [Am] _ _
don't ever tell [C] you
[B] _ [Gm] _ _
[Bb] The whole [A] story
[G] _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _
They [Em] just [Am] play the real issues [Gm] _
down
Oh my God
I was [Am] wondering _
Could this be the _ end
Of [Gm] our bright life? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] What you gonna [G] do about me?
[Gm] Let me hear you
[Ebm] [Dm] I wanna know
_ What you gonna do _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ about me?
[G] _ _ [Am] _
I worked in your [D] factories
[Am] _ [B] [Gm] And I studied in your [Bb] schools
_ [Cm] [Am] I _ was in the penitentiary, baby
[G] And the [Bb] military _ too
[Gm] _ [Am] And I feel the future trembling
[Em] As [Gm] the world gets [G] passed around
_ [Am] If you stand up for what you believe in
[E] We from [Gm] pain to good and [Am] shock
[G] _ What [Dm] _ _
_ you gonna [G] do about _ me?
_ Sing it with me, [Dm] come on _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ You're sounding [G] beautiful
You [F] know I feel like a stranger
In [Bb] the land where I [G] was born
_ [F] And I run like an outlaw
You know what I mean?
[Gm] And they keep me on the _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] run
Run, run, run _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Trying to bust me, baby
[G] But I [Dm] will stay
I'll [Gm] stay and _
_ _ [F] _ [Am] _ believe The revolution
_ [F] Must [Dm] be mighty close at _ hand
Let me hear you sing the song, come on _
_ _ What you gonna do [G] about me?
You [Gm] sound like Andrew, the little [Bb] scholar
_ [C] [Dm] Here _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
it comes again
[Dm] You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
know [E] I [Eb] smoke [Am] good marijuana, baby
_ [B] _ [Eb] _ [G] And I never did dig war
[Abm] [Am] But then you know most of what I do dig on
[Gm] Is against somebody's law
_ [B] I'm [Am] a [Am] fugitive from injustice, brother
_ [Gm] But I'm going to be free
You know the [Am] rules and regulations
That I'm [Gm] doing
And _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] I'm going to be free
_ [Dm] And I'm going to _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] be free
You know [G] I [Am] _
feel like a stranger
In [Gm] the land where I was [Bb] born
_ [Am] And I run like an outlaw
And [Gm] I'm always [F] on the [Dm] run
_ _ Run, run, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ [C] run
_ [F] _ Baby, [Cm] you know [Gm] our time is gonna come around
They just [Am] adding to our number
Every [G] time they're
Shoot out, baby
Run, run, shoot out, baby
[D] _ _
_ What you gonna do [Gm] about me?
All right, _ give me that help [G] now, come on
_ [Dm] _ _ _
What you gonna do [Gm] about me? _ _
[F] Let me hear [G] you
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Don't be [Bb] afraid of it, just sing it right now _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ You're sounding weak, San Francisco
[Cm] [Bb] You _ better [D] soften up a little bit
Let [F] me hear you
[A] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
you're [Ab] sounding good
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _