Hand to mouth

1. [Am] Jimmy got [Am7] nothin made [Asus2] him-self a [Am7] name
With a [Am] gun that he [Am7] polished for a [Asus2] rainy [Am] day
A [Am] smile and a [Am7] quote from a [Asus2] vigilante [Am7] movie
[Am] Our boy [Am7] Jimmy just [A7sus4] blew them [A7sus2] all a – [Dm] way [Dm7]

T-ĐK1:
He [Dm] said it made him [Dsus2] crazy [Dm] [Dm7]
[Dm] Twenty five [Dsus2] years livin [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

ĐK:
[Am] Hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

2. [Am] Sweet little [Am7] baby on a [Asus2] big white [Am7] doorstep
[Am] She needs her [Am7] mother but her [Asus2] mother is [Am] dead
[Am] Just another [Am7] hooker that the [Asus2] lucky can [Am7] forget
[Am] Just another [Am7] hooker, it [A7sus4] happens [A7sus2] every – [Dm] day [Dm7]

T-ĐK2:
She [Dm] loved her little [Dsus2] baby [Dm] [Dm7]
But she [Dm] couldn’t bare to [Dsus2] see her livin [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

ĐK:
[Am] Hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

Bridge 1:
[F] I be-[Fmaj7] lieve in the [Fadd9] gods of [Em] America [Em7] ([Em] America) [Em7]
[F] I be-[Fmaj7]lieve in the [Fadd9] land of the [Em] free [Em7] [Em] [Em7]
But [Dm] no one [Dm7] told me [Dm] (no one [Dm7] told me)
That the [Am] gods [Am7] bel-ieve in [Am] [Am7] nothing
So with [Gadd2] empty hands I [G] pray
And from [E7sus4] day to hopeless [Em] day they still [Em] don’t [Am] see [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] me [Am7] [Am] [Am7]

Interlude:
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7]

3. [Am] Everybody [Am7] talks about the [Asus2] new [Am7] gener-ation
[Am] Jump on the [Am7] wagon or they’ll [Asus2] leave you [Am] be-hind
But [Am] no one gave a [Am7] thought to the [Asus2] rest of the [Am7] nation
[Am] Like to help you [Am7] buddy, but I [A7sus4] haven’t [A7sus2] got the [Dm] time [Dm7]

T-ĐK3:
[Dm] Some-body shouted [Dsus2] save [Dm] me [Dm7]
And [Dm] everybody [Dsus2] started livin [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

ĐK:
[Am] Hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

4. There’s a [Am] big white [Am7] lady on a [Asus2] big white [Am7] doorstep
[Am] She asked her [Am7] daddy and her [Asus2] daddy said [Am] yes
[Am] Has to give a [Am7] little for the [Asus2] dollars that we [Am7] get
[Am] Has to give a [Am7] little, they [A7sus4] say it’s [A7sus2] for the [Dm] [Dm7] best

T-ĐK4:
[Dm] Some-body shouted [Dsus2] maybe [Dm] [Dm7]
But they [Dm] kept on [Dsus2] livin from [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

ĐK:
[Am] Hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth, [Am] hand to [Am7] mouth

Bridge 2:
[F] So she [Fmaj7] ran to the [Fadd9] arms of [Em] America [Em7] [Em] (America) [Em7]
[F] And she [Fmaj7] kissed the [Fadd9] powers that [Em] be [Em7] [Em] [Em7]
And [Dm] someone [Dm7] told me [Dm] (someone [Dm7] told me)
That the [Am] gods [Am7] be-lieve in [Am] [Am7] nothing
So with [Gadd2] empty hands I [G] pray

And I [E7sus4] tell myself one [Em] day they just might [Am] see [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] me [Am7] [Am] they [Am7] just might

Interlude:
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7]

Outro:
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7]
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7]