What can I do Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays580

What can I do by Smokie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C, B, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			E   C  B 
 
          E		                 Am 
Every dream that I dream seems to float on by 
            C                            B 
Like a cloud in the wind way up in the sky 
          E	                                 Am 
Every move that I make seems to be the wrong way 
           C                                    B 
Like a cold black night after a summer?s day 
 
                  E 
What can I do 
                Am 
What can I do 
D 
Nothing?s the same as it used to be 
B 
Nothing?s the same as it used to be 
                 E             E   C B 
What can I do 
 
             E                             Am 
Used to play my guitar with a smile on my face 
         C                                            B 
Now everything?s changed, my whole life?s rearranged 
              E                              Am 
From the day I was born, Sidle Jinks was my name 
               C                   B 
Though I try and I try the sting still remains 
 
                  E 
What can I do 
                Am 
What can I do 
D 
Nothing?s the same as it used to be 
B 
Nothing?s the same as it used to be 
                 E             E   C B 
What can I do 
 
E C B  E B C B 
 E            C     B 
What ????can I do 
E  	 C     B 
What???? can I do 
E	 C     B 
What???? can I do 
E  	 C     B 
What???? can I do 
 
         E                             Am 
I hear voices all singing but noone?s there 
             C                      B 
It?s the ghost of my life bring past tense to my mind 
                 E                             Am 
Well lock and key it ties me from freedom and sin 
     C                                      B 
Oh come let me in I?ll start all over again  
 
 
                  E          E  C  B 
What can I do              
                Am 
What can I do 
D 
Nothing?s the same as it used to be 
B 
No no, no no no no 
                 E             E   C B 
What can I do 
 
E  C B  
 
   E                             C B 
What ????can I do 
E	                       C B 
What???? can I do 
E 
What?. 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante