Wally Pleasant – Stupid Day Job chords

[Intro]
G D Em C  (x2)


[Verse 1]
       G                              D Well i wake up in the morning and i crawl outta bed
       Em                 C and i feel just like the living dead
     G              D                Em        C its time to start another day and as usual im running late
       G                           D so my mind starts going a hundred miles an hour
Em                             C dont even have time enough to take a shower
       G                               Dwhen i get in my car it feels like im barely alive
Em                C ten minutes later i arrive


[Chorus]
              G       DAt my stupid day job
       Em   C stupid day job
    G                          Dmy stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid 
Em                          C              stupid stupid stupid stupid day job


[Verse 2]
       G                                   D Well i drink three cups of coffee for that extra kick
       Em                             C but i still feel crappy i should have called in sick
    G                        D my boss says im late for a meeting at ten
Em                         C looks like i'll be written up again
            G               D oh well its just another day another dollar
        Em                         C another nail in the coffin another reason to feel smaller
G                              D  sometimes i just wish i could drive off far away
       Em                                   C but my lack of financial security means ill have to stay


[Chorus]
              G       DAt my stupid day job
       Em   C stupid day job
    G                          Dmy stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid 
Em                          C              stupid stupid stupid stupid day job


[Verse 3]

G                     D                      Em                        C                         GNow i think its time everyone with a stupid day job unite against the forces that try to control us
   D                Em                      Cyes every papercut riddin file clerk every greasy smelling burger flipper
G                     D                    Em      Cevery short changing cashier it's time to unite
      G                       Di'll start a stupid day jobs union
                  Em                  Cand we can go on strike outside every retail establishment 
     G                      D        Em                Cand fast food hell hole in the world fight the power
         G                        and our platform will stand for dignity
D                 Em                   Chigher wages and no more polyester uniforms
    G                                Dand i could be the spokesman for the under employed
Em                          Ci'd be like the Jimmy Hoffa of the janitors
        G                 Dor the Ghandi of the gas station attendents
Em                               C                         Gbut some people won't agree with my ideas so they'll kill me
                       D                    Emand then i could be a martyr for the stupid day jobs movement
C                      G           D  Em  Cyeah that'd be pretty cool i think
                      G                               D                       Em          Cnow i wrote all that stuff about the stupid day jobs union while i was on my lunch break
      G                                       D               Embut i couldn't write anymore 'cause i had to get back to work 
               C                        G                  D                          Emso let's just pretend that i ended that part of the story with lyrics that were so inspiring
            C                     G       D   Em   Cthat they changed all your lives forever
G                       D     Em  C         are you done pretending    ok  


[Interlude]
G                  D                               Em                         CNow its after lunch and im making copies while im day dreaming about my vacation
   G                          D            Em      Ci see myself lounging on the beach in an exotic location
             G                       Dsuddenly my tie gets caught in the copy machine
              Em               Cright in the middle of duplication
          G                           Dand as i lie there chocking to death
                         Em                     Call i can think about is workmans compensation
                 G                   D           Em                  Cbut the the office manager comes by cuts my tie saving me from suffocation
    G                                   D                      Em                Che looks at me like im a jerk and says get back to work and i feel so much frustration


[Chorus]
              G       DAt my stupid day job
       Em   C stupid day job
    G                          Dmy stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid 
Em                          C              stupid stupid stupid stupid day job


[Verse 4]
        G                            DWell im working for my family and im working for God
    Em                               Cim working so people won't say im a lazy slob
   G                           Dim working to put food on the table and
    Em                                         Cim working so that i can say i looked up that union label
     G                              Dim working so that i can buy stuff that i don't need and
   Em                                    Cim working because nobody will pay me to watch tv
G               D                     Em                     Cnow basically i feel so traumatized about my stupid day job 
                                    G                D              Em   Cthat i'm going to start trying to start singing like Morrissey now


[Outro]
        G             D               Em            C     G   DStupid day job stupid day job stupid day job stupid day 
            Em       Cjob stupid day job
G Sucks to be a tortured artist