Intro - E A
E
Over by the window
A
Thereīs a pack of cigarettes
G#4/7 G#7
Not my brand you understand
C#m4/7 C#m
Sometimes the girl forgets
A E
She forgot to hide them
A E
I know who left those smokes behind
A E
Sheīll say oh heīs just a friend
A
And Iīll say oh
G#4/7 G#7 F#m
Iīm not blind to him
G#m A
him him
CHORUS
B7 E
Whatīs sheīs gonna do about him
C#m D7+
Sheīs gonna have to do without him
B4/7 A
Or do without me
G#4/7 F#m
Me me
B7 E
No one gets to get it for free
G#m C#m B7
Itīs me or itīs him
E
Donīt know what he looks like
A
Donīt know who he is
G#4/7 G#7
Donīt know why she thought that I
C#m4/7 C#m
would say whatīs mine is his
A E
I donīt want to own her
A E
But I canīt her let it both ways
A E
Three is one to many of us
A G#4/7 G#7 F#m
She leaves with me or stays with him
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CHORUS
G#m A
Him him
B7 E
Whatīs she gonna do about him
C#m D7+
Sheīs gonna have to do without him
B4/7 A
Or do without me
G#4/7 F#m
Me me
B7 E
No one gets to get it for free
G#m C#m B7
Itīs me or itīs him
VOCAL BRIDGE - E A E A G#4/7 G#7 C#m A
A E
If she wants him she can have him
A E
Just exactly how we once were
A E
Itīs goodbye to he and I
A G#4/7 G#7 F#m
and back to me and her without him
G#m A
him him
CHORUS
B7 E
Whatīs she gonna do about him
C#m D7+
Sheīll gonna have to do without him
B4/7 A
or do without me
G#4/7 F#m
Me me
B7 E
No one gets to get it for free
C#m D7+
Time for me to make the girl see
B4/7 A
Itīs me or itīs him
G#4/7 F#m
Him him
B7 E
Whatīs she gonna do about him .... (repeat and fade)
Finally, a nice song with some tricky details.
Reinaldo - São Paulo - Brazil - 12/10/08.
