George Michael – Hand To Mouth (Guitar Intro)

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*Am7 played as X02213 [Intro] N.C. Am7* Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 [Verse 1]
Am        Am7             Asus2  Am7
Jimmy got nothin made him-self a name

       Am          Am7            Asus2 Am
With a gun that he polished for a rainy day

  Am          Am7          Asus2     Am7
A smile and a quote from a vigilante movie

Am       Am7        A7sus4    A7sus2  Dm  Dm7
 Our boy Jimmy just blew them all a - way
[Pre-Chorus 1]
   Dm               Dsus2  Dm Dm7
He said it made him crazy

Dm          Dsus2       Am      Am7
Twenty five years livin hand to mouth
[Chorus]
Am      Am7    Am      Am7    Am      Am7
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
[Verse 2]
Am           Am7       Asus2     Am7
Sweet little baby on a big white doorstep

Am             Am7            Asus2     Am
 She needs her mother but her mother is dead

Am           Am7             Asus2     Am7
Just another hooker that the lucky can forget

Am           Am7        A7sus4  A7sus2  Dm  Dm7
Just another hooker, it happens every - day
[Pre-Chorus 2]
    Dm               Dsus2  Dm Dm7
She loved her little baby

        Dm               Dsus2         Am      Am7
But she couldn't bare to see her livin hand to mouth
[Chorus]
Am      Am7    Am      Am7    Am      Am7
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
[Bridge 1]
F     Fmaj7        Fadd9   Em     Em7  Em     Em7
 I be-lieve in the gods of America    (America)

F     Fmaj7        Fadd9       Em  Em7  Em Em7
 I be-lieve in the land of the free

    Dm     Dm7      Dm     Dm7
But no one told me (no one told me)

         Am       Am7     Am     Am7
That the gods bel-ieve in nothing

        Gadd2         G    
So with empty hands I pray

         E7sus4          Em             Em/B  Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7
And from day to hopeless day they still don't see             me
[Interlude 1]
 Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7
(See             me)
[Verse 3]
Am        Am7             Asus2     Am7
Everybody talks about the new gener-ation

Am           Am7              Asus2        Am
 Jump on the wagon or they'll leave you be-hind

    Am            Am7            Asus2       Am7
But no one gave a thought to the rest of the nation

Am               Am7          A7sus4  A7sus2  Dm  Dm7
Like to help you buddy, but I haven't got the time
[Pre-Chorus 3]
     Dm           Dsus2  Dm Dm7
Some-body shouted save me

    Dm        Dsus2         Am      Am7
And everybody started livin hand to mouth
[Chorus]
Am      Am7    Am      Am7    Am      Am7
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
[Verse 4]
          Am        Am7       Asus2     Am7
There's a big white lady on a big white doorstep

Am             Am7           Asus2      Am
 She asked her daddy and her daddy said yes

Am            Am7            Asus2           Am7
Has to give a little for the dollars that we get

Am            Am7          A7sus4   A7sus2  Dm  Dm7
Has to give a little, they say it's for the best
[Pre-Chorus 4]
     Dm           Dsus2  Dm Dm7
Some-body shouted maybe

         Dm      Dsus2      Am      Am7
But they kept on livin from hand to mouth
[Chorus]
Am      Am7    Am      Am7    Am      Am7
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth
[Bridge 2]
F       Fmaj7      Fadd9   Em     Em7 Em     Em7
 So she ran to the arms of America   (America)

F        Fmaj7      Fadd9       Em Em7  Em Em7
 And she kissed the powers that be

    Dm      Dm7      Dm      Dm7
And someone told me (someone told me)

         Am      Am7      Am     Am7
That the gods be-lieve in nothing

        Gadd2         G
So with empty hands I pray

      E7sus4          Em       Em/B       Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7  Am     Am7
And I tell myself one day they just might see             me        they just might
[Interlude 2]
 Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7  Am Am7
(See             me)
[Outro] Am7* Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7