[Intro BPM 106 - Just bass drum] (Strum is 1 2&3 4&1&2&3 4 - snare on second 4) E7 x 2 - chromatic run A 456 - then play high strings for horn stab
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] [E7] Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen [A7] Pour myself a cup of ambition [E7] Yawnin' and stretchin' and try to come to life [B7] [E7] Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin' [A7] Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin' [E7] With folks like me on the [B7] job from 9 to [E7] 5 (stop on B)
[Chorus] (Snare) Workin' [A7] 9 to 5 ,what a way to make a livin' Barely, [E7] gettin' by it's all takin' and no [Fig1] givin' They just, [A7 - play barre at 5] use your mind, and they never give you credit (Chromatic descend to F#7 - E 543) It's eno [F#7] ugh to drive you, [B7] crazy if you let it [A7] 9 to 5, for service and devotion You would [E7] , think that I, Would deserve a fair promotion Want to [A7] , move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me I s [F#7] wear sometimes, that man is [B7] out to get me
[Verse 2] [E7] They let your dream just a' watch 'em shatter [A7] You're just a step on the boss man's ladder [E7] But you got dream he'll never take a [B7] way (fig 2) [E7] In the same boat with a lot of your friends [A7] Waitin' for the day your ship 'll come in [E7] And the tide's gonna turn an' it's [B7] all gonna roll you [E7] away
[Chorus 1] Workin' [A7] 9 to 5 ,what a way to make a livin' Barely [E7] , gettin' by it's all takin' and no givin' They just [A7] , use your mind, and they never give you credit It's eno [F#7] ugh to driv [B7] e you, crazy if you let it
[Chorus 2] 9 to 5, [A7] yeah, they got you where they want you There' [E7] s a, better life, and you think about it don't you It's a ri [A7] ch man's game, no matter what they call it And you [F#7] spend your life, putting mon [B7] ey in his wallet
[Chorus 3] Workin' [A7] 9 to 5 ,what a way to make a livin' Barely [E7] , gettin' by it's all takin' and no givin' They just [A7] , use your mind, and they never give you credit It's eno [F#7] ugh to drive you, crazy if you let [B7] it
[Chorus 4] 9 to 5, [A7] yeah, they got you where they want you There' [E7] s a better life, and you think about it don't you It's a ri [A7] ch man's game, no matter what they call it And you [F#7] spend your life, putting money [B7] in his wallet
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[Notes - NOTE - these are in the key of G - move down] [Fig1] F#7 in chorus G 9 7 D 8p7 A 10 f f T S Actually can play F# at 9th fret and finger notes with little finger x 10 12 12 12 - x 10 14 12 12 - x 10 12 12 12 But line does not really ring out
[Fig 2] E -----4s2------ B -------------------------- G 2s4(keep-ring)-
[Intro - BPM 92] [D][Bm][D][G] x2 (Start no bass drum - one xxxx = BS)
xxxx xx[D]x (pickup)
[Bm]xxx xx([D]x)x (offbeat D ahead of snare) [G]xxx xx[D]x [Bm]xxx xx[D]x [G]xxx xx[D]x Only one offbeat with D every 4 times round the phrase Repeat with bass drum
[Verse - of = Play offbeat - ahead of Snare] [Bm] Love [D-of][G] I [D] get so [Bm] lost, [D-of] somet [G] imes [D] [Bm] Days pass [D-of][G] [D] And this [Bm] emptiness [D-of] fills my [G] heart [D-of] [Bm] When I want [D-of] to [G] run away [D-of] I [Bm] drive off [D-of] in my [G] car [D-of] [Bm] But which [D-of] ever [G] way I go [D-of] I come [Bm] back to the [D-of] place you [G] are
(A goes to Asus4 as part of phrase - G can be G5 - 3x0022 so high D is emphasised which is part of keyboard phrase) [A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes (actually 022220 i think)
[Intro Riff Vamp] [D][Bm][D][G] x2
[Verse] [Bm] Love [D][G] [D] I don't [Bm] like to see [D] so much [G] pain [D] [Bm] So mu [D] ch [G] wasted [D] And this [Bm] moment keep [D] s slipping [G] away [D] [Bm] I get [D] so [G] tired Of [D] working so [Bm] hard for [D] our sur [G] vival [D] [Bm] I look [D] to the [G] time with you [D] To [Bm] keep me awake [D] and a [G] live [D]
[A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes