I Cant Write Left-Handed
Bill Withers
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Tom : Ab
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
I can't write left handed
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Would you please write a letter, write a letter to my mother
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Tell her to tell, tell her to tell, tell her to tell the family lawyer
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Try to get, try to get a deferment for my younger brother
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me, lord,
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
I ain't gonna live, I don't believe I'm going to live to get much older
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Chorus]
Gm F Gm
Strange little man over here in Vietnam, I ain't never seen
Ab
N.C.
Bless his heart I ain't never done nothin' to, he done shot me in my shoulder
[Interlude]
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Verse 2]
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Boot camp we had classes
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
You know we talked about fightin', fightin' everyday
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
And lookin' through rosy, rosy colored glasses
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
I must admit it seemed exciting anyway
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
But something that day overlooked to tell me
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Bullet look better I must say
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Rather when they comin' at you.
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
But go without the other way
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
And please call up the Reverend, call up, call up the Reverend Harris
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
And tell him to ask the lord to do some good things for me
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
Tell him, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live to get much older
Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb Ab Db Ab/C Bb
[Chorus]
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