Chords for We Do What We Can

_ Downstairs they're playing kitten, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ the [E] house set to swing _ _ _ _ _
[C] I lay [E] in my bed [F] and listen [Am] to _ [C] everything
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] Cause _ [E] Leo's in rare form tonight, _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ his [E] trombone sings so sweet
_ [Am] This _
[C] _ is [E] the room [F] where they [Em] all come [Am] to meet
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ And you [Dm] say, _ I do [A] what I can
_ _ [C] _ _
I live for [Bm] the moment, _ that's who [Cm] I am
_ _ [E] _ _
Yeah, that's who [A] I _ _
[F#] am
_ [A] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
And [A] isn't it _ [C#m] good
_ _ [C] _ _
[Am] If we could [G] freeze [Bm] moments in time we [A#] all _ _
_ _ [E] I _ _ do [A] what I can
_ _ I _ _ _ do what I _ can
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] Downstairs he's playing kitten, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] the [E] magnavox _ [D] size
_ _ [Am] _ _
And oh how [E] the music has changed [Am] in all of our [C] lives
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Cause nobody [E] listens _ _ _ [Am] to _ _ _ modern [E] jazz _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] And I'll never _ [E] have _ _ [A] what those guys have _ _ _ _
And you say, [D] _ _
I do [A] what I can
_ _ _ [C] I _ work for [G] a living, and that's who [A#] I am
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
That's who [A] I _ am
_ _ [F] _ _
[A] And _ _ [Dm] _ _
it's good to [C#] be alive
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C] But _ [Bm] everything's different since Leo [A#] _ _
died
I [E] _ _
do what I [C] _ can
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
This the end [A] of the modern [C] world
_ [E] What could it mean _ for a [Am] young girl who [Em] sees the pain [A] on his [Am] face
_ [Em] Just what it did
[A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ The procession on the [A] TV [C] screen
_ [E] _ _ What could [A] it possibly [Am] mean [Dm] for a man who's coming _ home
[Am] _ _ _ [E] _ We _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
could still [A] be alive then, kitten [Am] sweet
With [E] the Kennedys gone and [B]
everything
_ [F] Those sad rows [Dm] of houses with [Em] their optimistic colors
[C] _ _ [Dm] Democratic _ [Dm]
grandparents, [C] black dodging brothers _
[A#] Riots down the street, the [B] discontented mother
We [E] _ _ _
do what [A] we can
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Downstairs it's quiet, _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ less [E] alive somehow
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] Somehow _ _ [E] he was everything that [A] I am now _ _ _ _
_ You say, [D] _ _ _
I do [A] what I _ can
_ _ [C] _ _
I work for [Bm] a living, and that's who [A#] I _ am
_ _ [E] _ _ _
That's who [A] I _ am
_ But _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
it's good to [C#] be _ _ [C#m] alive
_ [C] _ _ _
These are [Bm] the choices _ we're made to [A#] _ survive
_ _ [E] You _ _ do what you [A] can
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