We Do What We Can - Sheryl Crow
Downstairs they're playing [E7]Kenton[Am], the house [E7]set to swing[Am]
E7+9 E7-9 Am E7 Am11
I lay in my bed and listen to everything
Cause Leo's in [E7-9]rare form to[E7]night[Am], his trombone [E7-9]sings so [E7]sweet[Am]
This is the [E7+9]room where [E7-9]they all [Am]come to meet[A]
He said[Dm] "I do what I [A/C#]can, [C] I live for the [G/B]moment
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/B]moments in time
Bb9-5 E' Am
We all would, but I do what I can, I do what I can
Downstairs he's [E7]playing Kenton[E7-9], [Am] the Magnavox [E7]sighs[E7+9][E7-9][Am]
But oh how the [E7]music has changed in [Am]all of our lives[E7][Am]
He says "nobody [E7]listens[Am] to modern [E7-9]jazz[E7][Am6]
and I'll never [E7+9]have [E7-9] what [Am]those 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 [Asus4]modern wor[Am]ld
[E7]What could it mean [Asus4]for a young [Am]girl
Who [E7-9]sees the [E7]pain [Asus4]on his face?[Am]
He [E7]does what he can[Am]
[Dm] The procession on the [Asus4]TV scre[Am]en
[E7] What could it [Asus4]possibly [Am]mean
For a [Dm]man who's come this [Asus4]far [Am]
just to turn a[E7]round[Asus4][Am]
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 [Dsus4]sad rows of [Dm]houses with their [Cadd9]optimistic [C]colours
[Dsus4]Democrat [Dm]grandparents and [Cadd9]draft dodging [C]brothers
[Bbadd9]Riots down the [Bb]street and [E7sus4]discontented mothers[E7]
Am E7 Am E7+9 E7-9 Am
We do what we can
Down[E7]stairs it's quiet[Am] - less a[E7]live, somehow[E7+9][E7-9][Am]
Somehow [E7]he was everything that [Am]I am now[A]
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 076707(E);
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.
Downstairs they're playing [E7]Kenton[Am], the house [E7]set to swing[Am]
E7+9 E7-9 Am E7 Am11
I lay in my bed and listen to everything
Cause Leo's in [E7-9]rare form to[E7]night[Am], his trombone [E7-9]sings so [E7]sweet[Am]
This is the [E7+9]room where [E7-9]they all [Am]come to meet[A]
He said[Dm] "I do what I [A/C#]can, [C] I live for the [G/B]moment
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/B]moments in time
Bb9-5 E' Am
We all would, but I do what I can, I do what I can
Downstairs he's [E7]playing Kenton[E7-9], [Am] the Magnavox [E7]sighs[E7+9][E7-9][Am]
But oh how the [E7]music has changed in [Am]all of our lives[E7][Am]
He says "nobody [E7]listens[Am] to modern [E7-9]jazz[E7][Am6]
and I'll never [E7+9]have [E7-9] what [Am]those 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 [Asus4]modern wor[Am]ld
[E7]What could it mean [Asus4]for a young [Am]girl
Who [E7-9]sees the [E7]pain [Asus4]on his face?[Am]
He [E7]does what he can[Am]
[Dm] The procession on the [Asus4]TV scre[Am]en
[E7] What could it [Asus4]possibly [Am]mean
For a [Dm]man who's come this [Asus4]far [Am]
just to turn a[E7]round[Asus4][Am]
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 [Dsus4]sad rows of [Dm]houses with their [Cadd9]optimistic [C]colours
[Dsus4]Democrat [Dm]grandparents and [Cadd9]draft dodging [C]brothers
[Bbadd9]Riots down the [Bb]street and [E7sus4]discontented mothers[E7]
Am E7 Am E7+9 E7-9 Am
We do what we can
Down[E7]stairs it's quiet[Am] - less a[E7]live, somehow[E7+9][E7-9][Am]
Somehow [E7]he was everything that [Am]I am now[A]
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 076707(E);
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.
