Against Me! – What We Worked For (Guitar)

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from the Crime As Forgiven By... EP For the most part, the chord changes are correct, I mean he says it's a three chord song to begin with. A E D A
A
Lost the confidence to write a song

		    E 
So I found three simple chords
And held them together with my weak voice
	         D
On an out of tune guitar

			A
My father gave to me

		E
And may Elvis turn in his grave

			           D		          A
And Les Paul curse my dirty calloused fingers

		    E	   
And may the likes of this song never make
One fucking dollar
			   D   
Leave it for a demo tape

            			A
To be played until it's broken

					  E
And remembered only for what it was

 			    D
Though we gave 'em hell

			    A
Though we gave 'em hell

			    E
Though we gave 'em hell
(2x)
A					      E
To my friends and enemies who could have been anything

	      D
Titans and heroes who found survival in cause and effect

		  A
Behind counters
Behind windows
	        E
Striving just

			D
To be people with bitter ideals of justice

	      E						    D           A
Do we only need to keep working because it pays rent?

	    E
Sleeping under plastic stars glued to the ceiling

		    D				A
Muscles burning alcohol and nicotine

		  	E
Every morning

		          D
But we gave 'em hell

		          A
But we gave 'em hell

		          E
But we gave 'em hell
(2x)
                A
There's a height beyond skyscrapers

	    E				     D
There's a distance beyond the freeway

  	      A			       E
More than pictures in a magazine

			 D
More than tragedy in a rock and roll song

		E
It's more than actions you know are safe to make

		D			A
It's more than money could ever buy

  	 E
Are we living to work and die in American cities?

	D			 A
And working to live and die in American cities,

         E				   D	A	E (let ring)
And dying for what we worked.