CHORDS: Mark Knopfler – No Can Do Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for No Can Do by Mark Knopfler on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
Am                   A7sus4
Skint in a material world
Am6
I did a warehouse stint
               Am
for south sea girl
        Am
It was Hong Kong
            A7sus4
clothes for cash
Am6
Everybody got treated
                 Am
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
And you couldn't sit down when
                        Am
there was nothing to do

[Verse 2]
                Am
Well, they had beaten up
                   A7sus4
people from every land
Am6
Fools like me trying
                  Am
to be in bands
   Am
A little French girl
           A7sus4
so good to me
       Am6
But I couldn't love
                   Am
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

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[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
I was spitting, sulking,
             A7sus4
smoking, shirking
           Am6
While the lady from Jamaica
                    Am
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
But if they did, they never said
                      Am
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

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