“Whatever”
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WHATEVER
Verse 1:
G…………………………..
Cov-ered in a cloak of de-cen-cy,
C……………………..G…………..
Liv-ing in the land of the brave and free,
G…………………………………
Drink-ing the nec-tar of sweet suc-cess,
C………………………G…………
Step-ping o’er the bo-dy of Ten-der-ness.
Prechorus:
C……………………………
And it doesn’t matter what you do,
A…………………………….
And it doesn’t matter what you say,
Verse 2:
Trapped in a place that does-n’t know me,
An-gry wind blows through the streets of this town,
Back home, the flood wa-ters are now gone,
Back home, there’s black pes-ti-lence in the well.
Prechorus:
And it doesn’t matter what you do,
And it doesn’t matter what you say,
C………………………………
And it doesn’t matter what you think,
E………………………………..
And it doesn’t matter who you could be.
Chorus:
C omit 3………………………..
The truth is whatever they say it is,
C omit 3………………….
The lies are whatever they do.
R.I.P. Joe Strummer. God bless Mick Jones.