[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)-
Waterfall 2/4 shuffly Original Key - F# maj riff - Bsus2 to Bmaj7sus2 to play just move 3rd and 4th fret across strings whilt keeping rest of F#maj chord
E -2------ B -2-2-2--- G -3-4-3-- D -4-4-4-- A -4-2-2-- E -2------
Then for chorus
E --------------- B -4-4--4-----4-- G -4-4--4-----4-- D -4-4--4-x2--4--- A -2-1--x-----6----- E ------4--------- [Intro No drums] [F#][B] x 2 (Capo 4 would be D G)
[Verse - Capo 4 for these chords - drums just bass drum] D G D G Chimes sing sunday morn D G D G Todays the day shes sworn G G/F# Em To steal what she never could own G G/F# Em A A A And race from this hole she calls home (Drums in on A with snares) D G D G Now youre at the wheel D G D G Tell me how, how does it feel? G G/F# Em So good to have equalised G G/F# Em A A A D To lift up the lids of your eyes
[Intro riff] D G x 2
D G D G As the mile they disappear D G D G See land begin to clear G G/F# Em Free from the filth and the scum G G/F# Em A A A D This american satelites won
[Intro riff] D G x 2
[Chorus] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all Shes a waterfall [Intro Riff D G D G] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall [Intro Riff D G D G]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse] D G D G See the steeple pine D G D G The hills as old as time G G/F# Em Soon to be put to the test G G/F# Em A A A D To be whipped by the winds of the west
[Intro Riff D G D G]
D G D G Stands on shifting sands D G D G The scales held in her hands G G/F# Em The wind it just whips her away G G/F# Em And fills up her brigantine sails
[Intro riff] D G x 2
[Chorus] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall
