[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
[Fade to End]
[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)-
BPM 123 - drop D tuning v1 - use second harmonizer - double - 100% wet and lots of reverb and mid way delay
[Intro] Start with percussive guitar and bass drum D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4 (open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings] (Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare) I want to [D] run I want to [D] hide I want to [D] tear down the walls That hold me in [G-5x0003] side I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out And touch the [A] flame Where the [C] streets have no name I, I, I, I want to [D] feel, sunlight on my [D] face I see the [D] dust cloud disappear without a [G] trace I want to take [Bm] shelter from the poison [A] rain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E] [D] name ............. [D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight) We're still building Then [G] burning down love, burning down love And when I [Bm] go there I go there with [A] you... (it's all I can [D] do) [Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2] The city's a [D] flood And our love turns to [D] rust We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind Trampled in [G] dust I'll show you a [Bm] place High on a [A] desert plain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus] [D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name We're still building [G] Then burning down love, burning down love [Bm] And when I go there [A] I go there with you... [D] it's all I can do [D] Our love turns to rust [D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind, blown by the wind Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you It's all I can [D] d
[Outro as per intro] D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 4 A x 2 then D
[Additional notes] E-7710 10 8 7 8 10 - Play lower notes for verse - then full chords for chorus Try plucking with low open D ringing - 1010 > 107 78 77 78 < [Intro] (Synth) D G Bm A D G D G Bm A (Guitar) D (over synth) D D G D G Bm A C
