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This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship
or research.
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SONG TITLE: What It's Like
ARTIST/GROUP: Everlast
ALBUM: Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
TRANSCRIBED BY: [email protected]
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE EADGBE
Dm (xx0231) Dsus4 (xx0233)
Fmaj7 (xx3210) E* (xxx453)
C (x32010)
I'm transcribing this from the LP version, not the single.
If I remember correctly, the single version is a bit shorter.
When he's playing this song, everything he picks is picked
in a strummy way if you know what I mean. So you don't have
to be a 100% faithful to the tab, if you blend in some other
notes from the chord it really doesn't matter that much.
I tabbed the way he strums the verse and chorus chords but
since it is really hard to tab out when someone is strumming
you must forgive me if it's a bit off.
RIFF 1:
Dm (sus4) Fmaj7 C
E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-----0---0---|
B|------3-----------3--------1---------1-------|
G|----2---------------2----2-----------0-------|
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
INTRO:
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Play RIFF 1 three times,
then play this variation once:
Dm (sus4) Fmaj7 C
E|--------3---1-3p1----------0---0-------------|
B|------3-----------3--------1-----------------|
G|----2---------------2----2-------------------|
D|--0--------------------3-----------2---------|
A|---------------------------------3----3p0-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[The chords in the verses and choruses
are played something like this:]
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
E|------1----1-x---0----0-----0----0-1---1-3p1---1---|
B|------3----3-x---1----1-----1----1-3---3-3-----3---|
G|------2----2-x---2----2-----0----0-2---2-2-----2---|
D|--0-0----------3-----------------------------0-----|
A|------------------------3-3------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
It's kind of hard to tab out the timing but you get the idea.
VERSE 1:
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Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
CHORUS:
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Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C Dm
Then you really might know what it's like...
Dm Fmaj7 C [strum last C chord]
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you play this: [I think he doesn't play this in the
version that's on the single, but he does in the version
I have]
Dm E* Dm E*
E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------
A|------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------
Dm E* Dm
E-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2: [play like verse 1]
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Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom
that said he was in love
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man
I'm cuttin' off his balls."
And then she heads for the clinic and
she gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
and they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
CHORUS: [play like previous chorus]
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Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
BRIDGE: [play RIFF 1]
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Dm
I've seen a rich man beg
Fmaj7
I've seen a good man sin
C
I've seen a tough man cry
Dm
I've seen a loser win
Fmaj7
And a sad man grin
C
I heard an honest man lie
Dm
I've seen the good side of bad
Fmaj7
And the downside of up
C
And everything between
Dm
I licked the silver spoon
Fmaj7
Drank from the golden cup
C
And smoked the finest green
Dm
I stroked the fattest dimes
Fmaj7
at least a couple of times
C
Before I broke their heart
Dm
You know where it ends,
Fmaj7
yo, it usually depends
C
on where you start
[when you've played the bridge you play this:]
Dm E* Dm E*
E|------1------1/3---3----------1------1/3---5-3--
B|--------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3----3/5-5-5-5--
G|-2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2--2/4-4------
D|-0--0--------0-----------0--0--------0----------
A|------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------
Dm E* Dm
E-------1------1/3---3----------1-----1-----1------|
B---------3----3/5-5-5-5----------3-----3-----2----|
G--2--------2--2/4-4---4---2--------2-----2-----3--|
D--0--0--------0-----------0--0--------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 3: [play like verses 1 & 2]
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I knew this kid named Max
who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late
he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs
until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
You know it comes that wa
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