Whats The Matter Here

     G                        |
That young boy without a name
G                             |
anywhere,   I'd know his face.
G (Em*)                       |   * 
If solo acoustic, Em sounds better
    In    the    city,              
than just playing 4 bars of G, but
G (Em)                        |     
“do as you see fit.”
  The kid's my favorite. I’ve
C                             |
seen   him,   seen  him.
D                G            |
Oh, I see him every day.
G                             |

G                             |
I’ve  seen  him   run outside   
 G                                 
looking  for  a    place to hide
  |

G (Em)                        | G 
    from  his  father,          
(Em)                              |
the kid half naked     made   me
C                             | D 
say    to     myself,          
                 G                |
“Oh, what's the matter here?"
G                             |
                     I   Am...
Chorus:
C                D            
tired of the    ex-c-u-s-e-s    
 | G                (Em)           
everybody  uses,       he's  their
   |

C                D             | 
kid,    (so) I   stay  out  of  
G                                  |
it,                   but..
C                D             | 
who     gave    you    the    
G                (Em)              |
right                   to    do
C
this?

Verse:
G
We live on Morgan Street,
just  ten  feet  between.
(Em)
     And  his  mother,
I never see her,  but her
C
screams   and     curses,
D                     G
   I hear them every day.
G

G
Threats like: "If you don't mind
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I  will  beat  on  your  behind,"
(Em)
    "Slap  you,             I’ll
slap    you    silly."   Made me
C
say-ay-ay-ay,
D                       G
“Oh, what's the matter here?!"      
 I’m..

Chorus 2:
C                D          
tired of the exc-u-s-e-s       
   G              (Em)
everybody uses,   he's your
C                D             G
kid,      (so)  do as you see fit,  
                but
C                D             G
get    this    through   that  I
              (Em)
 don't approve of what you
C                D             G
did    to your  own flesh and blood.

Solo: (over)  G  |C D |

Chorus 3:
C            D           G      
I'm tired of the excuses 
        (Em)
everybody uses, he's your
C            D           G
kid,     so do as you see fit, but
C            D           G
get this through that I don't 
              (Em)
approve   of what you
C            D           G
did to your own flesh and blood.

Interlude:
Em          G            C      
"If  you  don't sit in  your 
     G
chair straight,  I’ll
Em          G            C      
take  this  belt from   around  
     G
my  waist    and
Em          G            C      
don't  you  think  that  I   
     G
won't   use   it!"

(chorus chords continued through 
end)
C                D             G
Answer me  and take your time, 
               (Em)
what could be the awful crime he
C                D             G
could   do  at  so  young  an age?  
            And  if I’m the
C                D             G
only   witness  to your madness 
               (Em)
 offer me some words to balance
C                D             G
out    what I  see  and what I hear.
             Ohhh,    these
C                D             G
cold       and  cruel        
               (Em)
things  that you    do,      I 
sup(pose)
C                D             G
you do them  because he belongs to 
you.            And,   in-st(ead)
C                D               
of love and the feeling of 
      G              (Em)
warmth, you offer him these cuts and
 sores that
C                D             G
don’t heal with time  or with age.
C                D             G
          And,   I    want     to  
say    I           want    to
(switch to chorus chords played like
 verse endings)
C
say-ay-ay-ay
D                       G
“Oh, what’s the matter here?!”      
     But, I don’t dare
C
say-ay-ay-ay
D                       G
   “What’s the matter here?!”       
      No, I don’t dare
C
say-ay-ayyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyy
D                       G (1 strum, 
let ring)
-AYYYYY!                it.

(End)

Notes:
I am shocked that this song isn’t 
available on major tab sites, so 
here’s a version
to get you started. This song can be
 played more accurately with a Capo 
on the 2nd
fret. However, I think it sounds 
great if played lower (matches my 
male vocals way
better anyway).

Also, I found myself getting lazy 
and playing the C as a Cadd9 
(x32030) and the Em
as Em7 (022030). Since the other 
chords are D (x00232) and G 
(320033), this makes
sense in switching as you can just 
leave you ring finger on the B (2nd)
 string the
entire time. Similarly, the Em can 
be played as Em7 for the same 
reason.

I made up the “interlude” section 
from memory without the CD to 
verify--so you may
be able to workout a better chord 
progression. If you do, please share
 the information.

Chords - suggested variants in 
parens “()”:
G       = 320003 (320033)
D       = x00232
C(add9) = x32010 (x32033 or x32030)
Em(7)   = 022000 (022033 or 022030)