Why Don't You Get A Job

by The Offspring · posted by saints_springsteen

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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VERSE 1:

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My friend's got a girlfriend 
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man he hates that bitch
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He tells me every day
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He says,'Man I really gotta lose my chick
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In the worst kind of way

VERSE 2:
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She sits on her ass
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He works his hands to the bone
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To give her money every payday
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Well she wants more dinero just to stay at home
 6    7   8      -8  -8-8  7
Well my friend, you gotta say

CHORUS:
7  -8    8   7  -8    8   8
I won't pay, I won't pay ya
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
 8   8  -8   7     -8  8 -8  7
Now now why don't you get a job
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Say no way, say no way
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
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Now now why don't you get a job

VERSE 3: 
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I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
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To keep her bill collectors at bay
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I guess all his money well it isn't enough
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Cause that girl's got expensive taste

CHORUS:
7  -8    8   7  -8    8   8
I won't pay, I won't pay ya
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
8   8   -8   7     -8  8 -8  7
Now now why don't you get a job
7   -8  8    7  -8  88   
Say no way, say no way
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
 8  8   -8    7   -8   8  -8 7
Now now why don't you get a job

VERSE 4:
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Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all
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But hey man free rides just don't come
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along every day

VERSE 5:
8    8      -8  7  -8    8
My friend's got a boyfriend 
-8  7    -8    7    7
and she hates that dick
8    8    7  -887  -8
She tells me every day
8    8    -8  7-8 8   -8   7  -8   7  7
He wants more dinero just to stay at home
6    7   8      -8  -8-8  7
Well my friend, you gotta say

CHORUS:

7  -8    8   7  -8    8   8
I won't pay, I won't pay ya
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
8    8  -8   7     -8  8 -8  7
Now now why don't you get a job
7   -8  8    7  -8  88   
Say no way, say no way
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
 8   8  -8    7   -8   8  -8 7
Now now why don't you get a job

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I wont give you no money
8  -9 8  -88
I always pay
8   8  -8    7   -8   8  -8  7
Now now why don't you get a job
7   -8  8    7  -8  88   
Say no way, say no way
8  -9 8 -8 8
No wa-a-a-ay
 8   8  -8    7   -8   8  -8 7-889-87
Now now why don't you get a job

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