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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  February 1, 2000
Album:  Seven
Written by:
Note: n.c. means no chord played  open means to strum the strings without
holding a chord form.

    DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO      Garth Brooks

Intro chords: G D A A D  G D A A A  G D A A D    G D A A G


(G)     D                    G        D G D A A D 
   Sometimes you've got to take the heat 
D                   G                  D G D A A A  
If your gonna walk down on the mean street
           D          Bm                                  A                         
Take the heat and you see it through Cause sometimes it comes down to 
n.c.                     G D A A D  G D A A A
Do what you gotta do
D                        G            D   G D A A D   
Sometimes it goes right down to the wire
D                      G                D    G D A A A
And you might have to walk through the fire 
          G            Bm                                   A
Walk on, boy, all the way through Cause sometimes it just comes down to 
n.c.                  G D A A D  G D A A A 
Do what you gotta do
               G                    
Well there's people that'll tell you its just no use
               A
And there's people that'll tell you that your gonna lose
Bm                                                    G   A
People that'll tell you anything your going to listen to
                       
Do what you gotta do 
Lead chords  G D A A D  G D A A A  G D A A D  G D A A G

(G)   D                       G        D    G D A A D
   Someday they're going to call your name
D                          G         D      G D A A A
They'll come looking for someone to blame
              G                      Bm
What's your name, boy, hey you just tell them true
Bm                          A
Cause they can't take the truth from you
n.c.                     G D A A A
So do what you gotta do
         G
Well, they'll call you a hero or a traitor
        A 
But you'll find out that, sooner or later,
Bm                                      G    A
Nobody in this world is gonna do it for you
n.c.                    G D A A D  G D A A A  G D A A D  G D A A G
Do what you gotta do
              Bm   G         D                 A         G   A    
There ain't nobody in this world that's gonna do it for you
                        G F# open  A G open D
Do what you gotta do