Bastille - What Would You Do

Intro: Dm0  A#1  F2  C3
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1Verse:
Dm4
2Boys and girls wanna hear a true story
A#5
3Saturday night I was at this real wild party
F6
4They had the liquor overflowing the cup
C7
5G#out five or six strippers trying to work for a buck
Dm8
6Then I took one girl outside with me
A#9
7Her name was Loni she went to junior high with me
F10
8Said why you up in there dancing for cash
C11
9I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last
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11She said
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13Chorus:
Dm12
14What would you do if your son was at home
A#13
15Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
F14
16'Cause he's hungry
17And the only way to feed him is to
C15
18Sleep with a man for a little bit of money
Dm16
19And his daddys gone, Somewhere smoking rock now
A#17
20In and out of lock-down, I ain't got a job now
F18
21So for you this is just a good time
C19
22But for me this is what I call life
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24Verse -same as first-:
25Girl you aint thee only one wit a baby,
26that's no excuse to be livin all crazy
27then she looked me right square in the eye
28and said everyday I wake up hopin' to die,
29she said- nigga I know about pain cuz,
30me and my sista ran away, so my daddy
31couldn't rape us, before I was a teenager
32I done been through more xxxx, you can't even
33relate ta!
34
35Chorus:
Dm20
36What would you do if your son was at home
A#21
37Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
F22
38'Cause he's hungry
39And the only way to feed him is to
C23
40Sleep with a man for a little bit of money
Dm24
41And his daddys gone, Somewhere smoking rock now
A#25
42In and out of lock-down, I ain't got a job now
F26
43So for you this is just a good time
C27
44But for me this is what I call life
45
46Bridge -same as Verse-:
47Ooooo
48Then she said, What would you do? if....
49Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
50What would you do? if....
51Cuz I wouldn't want my baby, to go through what
52I went through
53What would you do? if....
54Get up on my feet, stop makin tired excuses
55What would you do? if...
56Girl I know if my mother can do it, baby you can do it
57
58Oooo, oooo, oooo--yea, yea, yea, yea-
59
60Chorus:
Dm28
61What would you do if your son was at home
A#29
62Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
F30
63'Cause he's hungry
64And the only way to feed him is to
C31
65Sleep with a man for a little bit of money
Dm32
66And his daddys gone, Somewhere smoking rock now
A#33
67In and out of lock-down, I ain't got a job now
F34
68So for you this is just a good time
C35
69But for me this is what I call life
70
71Verse -same as first-:
72What would you do? if yo son was at home,
73crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cuz he's hungry
74and the only way to feed him is to sleep wit a man
75for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
76somewhere smokin rock now, in and out of lock down,
77I aint gotta job now, so for you this is just a good time
78but for me this is what I call life -Come on-
79
80Chorus:
Dm36
81What would you do if your son was at home
A#37
82Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
F38
83'Cause he's hungry
84And the only way to feed him is to
C39
85Sleep with a man for a little bit of money
Dm40
86And his daddys gone, Somewhere smoking rock now
A#41
87In and out of lock-down, I ain't got a job now
F42
88So for you this is just a good time
C43
89But for me this is what I call life
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