10000 Maniacs

What's the matter here

10000 Maniacs

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by  GIGIOPANELLA

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What's the matter here

Year: 1987 - Album: MTV Unplugged

Written by Robert Buck/Natalie Merchant

	  		A  
That young boy without a name  anywhere I'd know his face.   
In this city the kid's my favorite.  
        D               E        A  
I've seen him. I see him  every day.   
Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father,  
                         D             E                      A  
the kid half naked and said to myself "O, what's the matter here?"   
      D           E            A                   D       E         A  
I'm tired of the excuses everbody uses, he's their kid I stay out of it,   
     D        E           A         D  
but who gave you the right to do this?   
  
A  
We live on Morgan Street;   
just ten feet between and his mother, I never see her,   
          D                 E                   A  
but her screams and cussing, I hear them every day.  
A   
Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind,"   
"Slap you, slap you silly."   
        D   E                  A  
made me say, "O, what's the matter here?"   
      D            E           A                    D          E       A  
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit,  
      D            E       A                           D          E        
but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh  
      A  
and blood.   
  
  
Solo over chords just like intro. A D E  
  
D            E           A                    D          E       A  
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit,  
      D            E       A                           D          E        
but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh  
      A  
and blood.   
  
  
A             D         
"If you don't sit on this chair straight   
I'll take this belt from around my waist and don't think that I won't use it!"   
  
D                E  
Answer me and take your time,   
A                                D            E             A  
what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age?   
           D               E             A                             D  
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out   
         E             A  
what I see and what I hear.   
            D        E       A                    D             E  
All these cold and rude things that you do I suppose you do because he   
            A  
belongs to you   
        D                 E               A  
and instead of love, the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and    
  D           E                A  
sores won't heal with time or age.   
                           D            E       A  
I want to say, want to say "What's the Matter here?"   
                   D  
But I don't dare say.  
   E                A  
"What's the Matter here?"  
                 D     E A    
But I don't dare say. Say  
  
  
*Listen to the song and use A7 E7 D7 Dsus2, it?s easy to figure out.  
 

		  
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