Bon Jovi

Do What You Can

Bon Jovi


Tom: G

| G  | Cadd9   G  | Cadd9   G  | D   G  |


[Verse 1]
                  G
Tonight they’re shutting down the borders
             Cadd9            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
             Cadd9         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


[Instrumental]
| G  | Cadd9   G  |


[Verse 2]
       G                           
As we wait outside the window
       Cadd9            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
          Cadd9             G          
It ain't fair to scrap the prom
              Em         D           
Our kids sit home in isolation
                       G           
Evening news is always on


[Chorus]
                G                   Cadd9       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                                 Cadd9     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


[Instrumental]
| G | Cadd9   G |


[Verse 3] 
      G                               Cadd9      G                
The chicken farm from Akansas bought workers P.P.E
       Em       D                            G                 
Not before 500 more had succumbed to this disease
                                      Cadd9         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



[Chorus]
                G                   Cadd9      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                                 Cadd9     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


[Bridge]
              C                          Em                D                 
They built a hospital on East Meadow in Central Park last night
          C                                      G                 D        
Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store clerks manning the front line
       Am7                                                                  
I saw Red Cross on the Hudson
            G/B                                                            
They turned off the Broadway lights
        C                                                              
Another ambulance screams by
               D                                                          
There by the grace of God go I


[Verse]
              G                                            
Altough I'll keep my social distance
           Cadd9            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
           Cadd9              G                                               
Love your neighbor and your friend
         Em                  D                                             
Ain't it time we love the stranger
              G                                      
It's just a friend you ain't met yet


[Chorus]
                G                   Cadd9       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                                 Cadd9      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

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