Am                   A7sus4
Skint in a material world
Am6                                    Am
I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl
        Am                   A7sus4
It was Hong Kong clothes for cash
Am6                                    Am
Everybody got treated worse than trash
D9
Punch the card in the company clock
A7sus4
Load trolleys and the company trucks
    Am
And around and around the whole day through
        D9                                             Am
And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do

[Verse 2]
                Am                          A7sus4
Well, they had beaten up people from every land
Am6                                    Am
Fools like me trying to be in bands
   Am                           A7sus4
A little French girl so good to me
       Am6                             Am
But I couldn't love her back so lonely
          D9
It was a backpacker travelling through
   Am
A lumberjack with the travelling blues
        Am
We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs
D9                              Am
Big ideas that were never big enough

[Chorus]
                        Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
      Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
        Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can

[Verse 3]
Am                        A7sus4
Some were grown up unlike me
          Am6                 Am
And were dealing with reality
        Am                            A7sus4
I was spitting, sulking, smoking, shirking
           Am6                                  Am
While the lady from Jamaica was singing and working
      D9
I had everyone but me to blame
    Am
And everyday was just the same
        Am
Well, nobody ever said it was a righteous world
             D9                                        Am
But if they did, they never said to that south sea girl

[Chorus]
                        Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
      Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
        Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can

[Verse 4]
            Am                       A7sus4
Well, I've made my bed on people's floors
Am6                                Am
Opened up and closed some doors
  Am                            A7sus4
Dreamed that if my dreams came true
        Am6                            Am
Then I wouldn't do what I didn't want to
           D9
Walking through the gates to the outside
    Am                           A7sus4
To dream some dreams that never died
       Am
And I walked the streets of London town
 D9                                 Am      E9
Looking for a place to put my head down

[Chorus]
                        Am
He said, "The man wants you, go wash his car"
      Am
"Hey, you, I'm talking to you"
        Am
I said, "Me? Not me, uh, uh, no can do"
Am
No can, can do, no can
Am
No can, can do, no can