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(E)
The (A) sun is coming up I gotta drag my butt out of bed (E)
My (A) phone is ringing boss is screaming "Where the hell you at?" (E)
I (B) grab a cup of coffee
Tell him it won't be too long
But he don't (A) know I'm waiting for something better to come along (E)
(Chorus)
There's gotta be (A) something better than 9 to 5
Every day barely gettin' by
(E) Working, slaving, always aching
Way too young for my back to be breaking
(A) Waiting on that rainbow
Tell me where's that pot of (B) gold? (E)
(A) Everyone is laughing from a distance when they see me clocking in (E)
Well they'll (A) all be here in 20 years
Cussing about the same old things (E)
They (B) stay there like a slave and wake up at the break of dawn
They don't (A) know I'm waiting for something better to come along (E)
Chorus
(A-E-A-B)
Chorus
Well I (A) take her out on Friday
because my baby likes to paint the town (E)
The (A) way she treats her man makes me think about settling down (E)
I (B) told her that I love her
She said let's just hold on
Man I (A) think she's waiting on something better to come along (E)
Yeah
Here she comes
Ah let's go

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Something Better

by The Dirt Drifters

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()

A E

The () sun is coming up I gotta drag my butt out of bed ()

A E

My () phone is ringing boss is screaming "Where the hell you at?" ()

I () grab a cup of coffee

Tell him it won't be too long

A E

But he don't () know I'm waiting for something better to come along ()

(Chorus)

There's gotta be () something better than 9 to 5

Every day barely gettin' by

() Working, slaving, always aching

Way too young for my back to be breaking

() Waiting on that rainbow

B E

Tell me where's that pot of () gold? ()

A E

() Everyone is laughing from a distance when they see me clocking in ()

Well they'll () all be here in 20 years

Cussing about the same old things ()

They () stay there like a slave and wake up at the break of dawn

A E

They don't () know I'm waiting for something better to come along ()

Chorus

A E A B

(---)

Chorus

Well I () take her out on Friday

because my baby likes to paint the town ()

A E

The () way she treats her man makes me think about settling down ()

I () told her that I love her

She said let's just hold on

A E

Man I () think she's waiting on something better to come along ()

Yeah

Here she comes

Ah let's go

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