[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)-
[Verse] [G] From father to [C] son, the blood runs thin [D] , ooohhh see the [A] faces frozen still [F] against the wind [F] [G] The seam is split [C] The coal-face cracked [G] The lines are long [C] There's no going back [G] Through hands of steel [C] And heart of stone [G] Our labour da [C] y Has come and [D] gone [D]
[Bridge] They [A] leave me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F/C] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to. [F]
[Verse] [G] The glass is cut [C] The bottle run dry [G] Our love runs cold [C] In the caverns of the night [G] We're wounded by fear [C] Injured in doubt [G] I can lose my [C] self You I can't live with [D] out [D]
[Bridge] Yeah, you [A] keep me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [F] On t [(G)] o
[Verse] [G] We scorch the earth [C] Set fire to the sky [G] And we stooped so low [C] To reach so high [G] A link is lost [C] The chain undone [G] We wait all day [C] For night to [D] come And it [Am] comes like a [F] hunter child [F]
[Chorus] [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] [G] Love [D] slowly stripped away [F] Love has [C] seen its better day [G] Hanging on [D] Lights go down on [F] Red Hill [C] Lights go down on Red [G] Hill [D] Lights go down on Red [F] Hill's Town [F] [F] Lights go down on Red [F(let] Hill T [ring)] own
