"What We Worked For"
Against Me!
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.
AEDA
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 f*****g 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
DA
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
DA
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 DAE (let ring)
And dying for what we worked.
