What's the matter here

A
That young boy without a name  anywhere I'd know his face.
In this city the kid's my favorite.
        D               E        A
I've seen him. I see him  every day.
Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father,
                         D             E                      A
the kid half naked and said to myself "O, what's the matter here?"
      D           E            A                   D       E         A
I'm tired of the excuses everbody uses, he's their kid I stay out of it,
     D        E           A         D
but who gave you the right to do this?

A
We live on Morgan Street;
just ten feet between and his mother, I never see her,
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but her screams and cussing, I hear them every day.
A
Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind,"
"Slap you, slap you silly."
        D   E                  A
made me say, "O, what's the matter here?"
      D            E           A                    D          E       A
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit,
      D            E       A                           D          E
but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh
      A
and blood.


Solo over chords just like intro. A D E

D            E           A                    D          E       A
I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit,
      D            E       A                           D          E
but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh
      A
and blood.


A             D
"If you don't sit on this chair straight
I'll take this belt from around my waist and don't think that I won't use it!"

D                E
Answer me and take your time,
A                                D            E             A
what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age?
           D               E             A                             D
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out
         E             A
what I see and what I hear.
            D        E       A                    D             E
All these cold and rude things that you do I suppose you do because he
            A
belongs to you
        D                 E               A
and instead of love, the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and
  D           E                A
sores won't heal with time or age.
                           D            E       A
I want to say, want to say "What's the Matter here?"
                   D
But I don't dare say.
   E                A
"What's the Matter here?"
                 D     E A
But I don't dare say. Say


*Listen to the song and use A7 E7 D7 Dsus2, it's easy to figure out.