We Do What We Can - Sheryl Crow

Downstairs they're playing E7KentonAm, the house E7set to swingAm
E7+9 E7-9 Am E7 Am11
I lay in my bed and listen to everything
Cause Leo's in [E7-9]rare form toE7nightAm, his trombone [E7-9]sings so E7sweetAm
This is the [E7+9]room where [E7-9]they all Amcome to meetA

He saidDm "I do what I A/C#can, C I live for the G/Bmoment
Bb9-5 E' A NB-see below
and that's who I am, yeah that's who I am"
Dm And isn't it A/C#good C if we could freeze G/Bmoments in time
Bb9-5 E' Am
We all would, but I do what I can, I do what I can

Downstairs he's E7playing Kenton[E7-9], Am the Magnavox E7sighs[E7+9][E7-9]Am
But oh how the E7music has changed in Amall of our livesE7Am
He says "nobody E7listensAm to modern [E7-9]jazzE7[Am6]
and I'll never [E7+9]have [E7-9] what Amthose guys have"A

He says "I do what I can, I work for a living
and that's who I am, yeah that's who I am"
And it's good to be alive, but everything's different
Since Leo died, I do what I can

[E7-9] E7 Asus4 Am E7 Asus4 Am
Dm Is this the end of the Asus4modern worAmld
E7What could it mean Asus4for a young Amgirl
Who [E7-9]sees the E7pain Asus4on his face?Am
He E7does what he canAm
Dm The procession on the Asus4TV screAmen
E7 What could it Asus4possibly Ammean
For a Dmman who's come this Asus4far Am
just to turn aE7roundAsus4Am

Dm Asus4 Am } these two lines are
Could there still be life in Kenton's swing }-played in 4/4 time
E7 Asus4 Am } rather than 6/8
With the Kennedys gone and everything }
Those Dsus4sad rows of Dmhouses with their Cadd9optimistic Ccolours
Dsus4Democrat Dmgrandparents and Cadd9draft dodging Cbrothers
Bbadd9Riots down the Bbstreet and E7sus4discontented mothersE7
Am E7 Am E7+9 E7-9 Am
We do what we can

DownE7stairs it's quietAm - less aE7live, somehow[E7+9][E7-9]Am
Somehow E7he was everything that AmI am nowA

And he says "I do what I can, I work for a living
And that's who I am, and that's who I am"
But it's good to be alive, and these are the choices
We make to survive - you do what you can
................

Weird jazzy chord city! I've tried to transcribe an accurate representation
of most of the chords, but understand that most of the chords for the verse
would have been improvised over the vague guidelines of Am followed by E7.
Note that I have just called all the weird Am chords "Am", so they can be
played as Am-002210, 577555, or 007555; Asus2-002200; A7sus2-002000,
Amadd9-577500 or 007500; or Am7add9-575555 or 005500. I have, however, noted
a couple of especially weird ones - Am11-00543x and Am6 002212.
The E type chords are E7-020130, 020100(E'), 076750 or 076707E;
E7+9-07678x; and E7-9 - 07676x.
The chords for the chorus are Dm-xx0231 or x57765; A/C#-x42225 or x42255;
C-x32010; Bb9-5 (my favourite!)-010110; then E7' and Am as shown above.
There is a chord progression in the first two choruses (but not the last)
at the point marked with asterisks - goodness knows what the chords should
be called: A-x07655, ?-x07676, ?-x07565, ?-x05433.
The chords for the bridge ("Is this the end of..") go along these lines



|-------|-------|-------|-0--0--|-------|-------|-4-----|-5--5--|
|-6-----|-5--5--|-3--0--|-3--1--|-6-----|-5--5--|-3-----|-5--5--|
|-7--7--|-7--5--|-1--1--|-2--2--|-7--7--|-7--5--|-4--4--|-7--5--|
|-6--6--|-7--7--|-0--0--|-2--2--|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-0--0--|-5--5--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-0--0--|-5--5--|-0--0--|-------|-------|-5--5--|-0--0--|-5--5--|
|-------|-------|-4-----|-5--5--|
|-6-----|-5--5--|-3-----|-5--5--|
|-7--7--|-7--5--|-4--4--|-7--5--| etc
|-6--6--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-0--0--|-5--5--|-0--0--|-5--5--|


The chords for the line "Those sad rows of houses.." onwards are:


Dsus4-xx0233, Dm-xx0231, Cadd9-x32030, C-x32010, Bbadd9-688768, Bb-688766

E7sus4-022435, E7-022434.