What Do You Do?
(Intro: D Dm7 G/D D
D Dm7 G/D D)*
D
What do you do?
Dm7 G/D
I don't know, but I know
D
I do it every day
Why do you do it?
Dm7 G/D
I don't know, but I know
D
I do it anyway
C G
I do what I do, indeed I do
C D
I do what I do, every day
Am7 C D
Indeeeed I do
(Instr: D Dm7 G/D D)
C G
I do what I do, indeed I do
C D
I do what I do, every day
C D
I do what I do, I am what I am
Eb A
We are what we are, we do what we can
D
What do you do?
Dm7 G/D
I don't know, but I know
D
I do it everyday
Why do you do it?
Dm7 G/D
I don't know, but I know
D
I do it anyway
C G
I do what I do, indeed I do
C D
I do what I do, everyday
Am7 C D
Indeeeed I do
(Outro: D)
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*Bass guitar intro (tab):
(No chord)
G---16~17~19--17--16---------16------17--19--19--19--19
D--------------------17--19------17--------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
(D)
G---19--19--19--17--19--19--19--19--19--19--19--19-----
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
(Dm7)
G---17--16----------16--17--19--17--16------17--16-----
D-----------17--19----------------------17-------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
(G/D)
G-----------16--17--16---------------------------------
D---17--19--------------17--19--19--19--17--16---------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
(D)
G-----------16--17--16------19-------------------------
D---17--19--------------17-----------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
NB: '~' indicates a hammer-on.
Guitar chords are above the tab.
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