Dm          Bb       C
Hey sister, have you heard?
Dm                            Bb        C
Some people stand like trees, without a word
Dm                          Bb          C     N.C.
and what that means is that some people don't talk

Dm Bb C

Dm
Oh please pardon me mister
Bb                    C
Ya know I just didn't hear you
Dm
the first time that you said that
Bb         C
What what, what what?
Dm
but now that you repeat for me,
Bb              C         Dm    Bb  C
I'll be sure to do what I can

[Chorus]

Dm
Ya know I'll do what I can,
                         Bb          C
I'm gonna do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm
Gonna do what I can
               Bb          C
do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm              Bb     C
but no more, you understand?

[Verse]

Dm
Oh please pardon me father
Bb             C
Ya know I just didn't hear you that, that, that
Dm
that first time that you said th
Bb            C
help me, help me, help me, help me
Dm
Repeat it, repeat it, repeat it
Bb           C                 Dm
I'll be sure do, do, do what I can

[Chorus]

Dm
Ya know I'll do what I can,
                         Bb          C
I'm gonna do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm
Gonna do what I can
               Bb          C
do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm              Bb     C
but no more, you understand?

Bb                         Am
It's of utmost importance, we're dealing with volitiale substance
Bb                         Am
It's of utmost importance, we're dealing with volitiale substance
Bb                         Am
It's of utmost importance, we're dealing with volitiale substance
Bb                         Am
It's of utmost importance, we're dealing with volitiale substance

[Bridge]

F           G
 I've had so much
Bb    C
  On my mind
F          G
  I was so glad
Bb      C
 when I died, oh

Dm Bb C

[Verse]

Dm                Bb  C
Listen to me baby
Dm                           Bb  C
Can you keep a secret for me
Dm                         Bb C
Make sure no one finds out
Dm                               Bb  C
cause then the lights will go out
Dm                      Bb  C
and I will find you out
Dm                    Bb  C
and I will cut you up
Dm
Uh hmm, don't ask me why
Bb                 C
because, I said, I said, I said

[Chorus]

Dm
I'm gonna do what I can,
                         Bb          C
I'm gonna do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm
Gonna do what I can
               Bb          C
do what I can, do, do, do, do what I can
Dm                          Bb     C
but I'll have none of that, you understand?

Bb                       Am
Don't you know nothin'?  You never tell on someone
Bb                       Am
Don't you know nothin'?  You never tell on someone
Bb                       Am
Don't you know nothin'?  You never tell on someone
Bb                       Am
Don't you know nothin'?  You ain't never going to tell on someone

[Verse]

Dm
What you going to do?
            Bb         C
Gonna turn, gonna turn rat fink?
Dm
What you wanna do?
                Bb           C
Do want to see, do you wanna see what it's like to sink?

Dm
Sink down, sink down, sink down,
Bb     C                        Dm
down, down to the bottom of the river
Dm
Sink down, sink, sink down down
Bb     C                         Dm
Down, down, to the bottom of the river,
Dm
sink, down sink, Sink down, down.
B     C                     Dm
Down, down to bottom of the river
Dm
Sink down, sink, sink down down
Bb    C
Down, down to the bottom of the river

[Verse 2]

Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You never tell on someone
Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You never tell on someone
Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You never tell on someone
Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You ain't never gonna tell on someone
Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You ain't never gonna tell on someone
Bb                      Am
Don't you know no one?  You ain't never gonna tell on someone

[Outro]
Dm          Bb       C
Ah, ah, oh, I tell you what it's like,
Dm         Bb       C
           I tell you what it's like, oh
Dm                                     Bb C
I stood right up in the heart of Hell, I never tell
Dm                                     Bb C
I stood right up in the heart of Hell, I never tell
Dm                                     Bb C
I stood right up in the heart of Hell, I never tell
Dm
I stood right up in the heart of Hell,
Bb  C           Dm
I'm never gonna tell, tell, tell, tell
Bb                C                  Dm
I'm never, never, never, never gonna tell, tell, tell, tell
Bb                C           Dm
Nothing, nothing, never gonna tell, tell, tell, tell
Bb                 C                 Dm
I'm never, never, never, never gonna tell, tell, tell, tell
Bb                C           Dm
Nothing, nothing, never gonna tell, tell, tell, tell
Dm     Dm
Ah...