Am A7sus4
Skint in a material world
Am6 Am
I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl
Am A7sus4
It was Hong Kong clothes for cash
Am6 Am
Everybody got treated worse than trash
D9
Punch the card in the company clock
A7sus4
Load trolleys and the company trucks
Am
And around and around the whole day through
D9 Am
And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do
[Verse 2]
Am A7sus4
Well, they had beaten up people from every land
Am6 Am
Fools like me trying to be in bands
Am A7sus4
A little French girl so good to me
Am6 Am
But I couldn't love her back so lonely
D9
It was a backpacker travelling through
Am
A lumberjack with the travelling blues
Am
We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs
D9 Am
Big ideas that were never big enough
[Chorus]
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
[Verse 3]
Am A7sus4
Some were grown up unlike me
Am6 Am
And were dealing with reality
Am A7sus4
I was spitting, sulking, smoking, shirking
Am6 Am
While the lady from Jamaica was singing and working
D9
I had everyone but me to blame
Am
And everyday was just the same
Am
Well, nobody ever said it was a righteous world
D9 Am
But if they did, they never said to that south sea girl
[Chorus]
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
[Verse 4]
Am A7sus4
Well, I've made my bed on people's floors
Am6 Am
Opened up and closed some doors
Am A7sus4
Dreamed that if my dreams came true
Am6 Am
Then I wouldn't do what I didn't want to
D9
Walking through the gates to the outside
Am A7sus4
To dream some dreams that never died
Am
And I walked the streets of London town
D9 Am E9
Looking for a place to put my head down
[Chorus]
Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can
