Do what you can    (video)

 

    G   - C - G   - C - G - D - G (2x)

 

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1. Tonight they’re shutting down the borders

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    and they’ve boarded up the schools,

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    small towns are rolling up their sidewalks,

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    one last paycheck coming through.

                            G                                                 C                G

    I know you're feeling kinda nervous, we're all a little bit confused.

           Em                          D                                                   G

    Nothin's the same, this ain't a game, we got to make it through.

 

+  G - C - G

 

                  G                                            C                           G

2. As we wait outside the window, older loved ones stay inside.

                       Em                    D                                                  G

    Moms and babies blowing kisses, maybe saving someone's life.

                          G                                     C                          G

    They had to cancel graduation, it ain't fair to scrap the prom,

                        Em            D                                       G

    our kids sit home in isolation, TV news is always on.

 

                           G                              C                   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                                                     C              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 - C - G

 

               G                                                     C               G

3. The chicken farm from Akansas bought workers P.P.E,

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    not before 500 more had succumbed to this disease.

                    G                                                 C                     G

    Honest men and honest women, working for an honest wage,

                Em                     D                                           G

    I got a hundred point 1 fever and we still got bills to pay.

 

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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                                                      C             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.

 

                          C                                          Em                      D

+  They built a hospital on East Meadow in Central Park last night,

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    doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store clerks manning the front line.

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    I saw Red Cross on the Hudson, they turned off the Broadway lights,

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    another ambulance screams by, there by the grace of God go I.

 

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4. Altough I'll keep my social distance, what this world needs is a hug,

                  Em                 D                                             G

    until we find the vaccination there's no substitute for love.

                      G                                                     C                            G

So love yourself and love your family, love your neighbor and your friend,

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    ain't it time we love the stranger, it's just a friend you ain't met yet.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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+   When you can’t do what you do, you do what you can.

 

+  G   - C - G   - C - G - D - G (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Bon Jovi)