Bad Religion - What Can You Do?: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "What Can You Do?" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        D                        A                      E
So you waste another day getting older and gray in the head,
            D                                 A                    E
And you're hearing lots of stories 'bout the happy time you have ahead.
          G                            D                           A
There are other folks in power so you kick back and get farther behind,
        D                                 A                             E
And although the world rotates itself the only thing you twist is your mind.

Chorus:
              G                D           A
You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts,
                       G             D        E
And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it.
          G              D                G              A
You mean nothing to the world, we're all someone else's fool,
     F        G       A
But oh, what can you do?

Yeah you waste your time with losers if you get stuck in a rock-n-roll band
Do you find it more rewarding to compete with morons throughout this land?
They seem to be in power so I'll kick back and get farther behind
And I watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their minds

Chorus:
You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts
And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it
You mean nothing to the world, we're all someone else's fool
But, oh, what can you do?

Yeah, you waste another day getting older and gray in the head
And we're hearing lots of stories about the happy times we have ahead
The morons are in power so we kick back and get farther behind
And we watch them as they fuck up every good thing on this earth with their minds

Chorus:
You see, the world's falling apart at the rifts
And surprisingly, the leaders can't make any sense of it
We mean nothing to the world, merely someone else's fool
But oh, what can you do?

I said, oh, what can you do?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "What Can You Do?" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "What Can You Do?" by Bad Religion.