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Do What You Can

Bon Jovi

MetalMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C9Diagram coming soon
D××
Em
C×
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro G  C9  G  C9  
        G  D  G 
 
 
                  G 
Tonight they're shutting down the borders 
             C9            G 
And they've boarded up the schools 
                 Em               D 
Small towns are rolling up their sidewalks 
                            G 
One last paycheck coming through 
               G 
I know you're feeling kinda nervous 
             C9         G 
We're all a little bit confused 
    Em               D 
Nothin's the same, this ain't a game 
                     G 
We got to make it through 
 
( G  C9  G ) 
 
       G 
As we wait outside the window 
       C9            G 
Older loved ones stay inside 
          Em           D 
Moms and babies blowing kisses 
                        G 
Maybe saving someone's life 
             G 
They had to cancel graduation 
          C9             G 
It ain't fair to scrap the prom 
              Em         D 
Our kids sit home in isolation 
                       G 
Evening news is always on 
 
Refrão 
 
                G                  C9        G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
     Em                     D                             G 
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send 
               G                                 C9     G 
Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand 
                Em          D                   G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
 
( G  C9  G ) 
 
      G                              C9       G 
The chicken farm from Akansas bought workers P.P.E 
       Em       D                            G 
Not before 500 more had succumbed to this disease 
                                     C9          G 
Honest men and honest women, working for an honest wage 
         Em              D 
I got a hundred point 1 fever 
                           G 
And we still got bills to pay 
 
Refrão 
 
                G                  C9       G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
     Em                     D                             G 
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send 
               G                                 C9     G 
Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand 
                Em          D                   G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
 
Ponte 
 
              C                          Em                D 
They built a hospital on East Meadow in Central Park last night 
          C                                      G                  
Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store clerks manning the front 
 D 
Line 
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I saw Red Cross on the Hudson 
            C/B 
They turned off the Broadway lights 
        C 
Another ambulance screams by 
               D 
There by the grace of God go I 
 
              G 
Altough I'll keep my social distance 
           C9            G 
What this world needs is a hug 
          Em            D 
Until we find the vaccination 
                           G 
There's no substitute for love 
             G 
So love yourself and love your family 
           C9              G 
Love your neighbor and your friend 
         Em                  D 
Ain't it time we love the stranger 
hide this tab               G 
It's just a friend you ain't met yet 
 
Refrão 
 
                G                  C9        G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
     Em                     D                             G 
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send 
               G                                 C9      G 
Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand 
                Em          D                   G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
                Em          D                   G 
When you can't do what you do, you do what you can 
 
Final G  C9  G  C9  
        G  D  G  
        G  C9  G  C9  
        G  D  G 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C9 · D · Em · C · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.