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Terre Roche - Nobody's Doing The Job
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G  C  G
[Chorus]
Nobody's Cdoing the Gjob they Cwant to be Gdoing
D7Don't you see that's the whole CprobGlem?C  
[Chorus]
GNobody's Cdoing the Gjob they Cwant to be Gdoing
D7Don't you see that's the whole CprobGlem?C  
[Verse 1]
The Cwaiter wants to be an Gactor
And the D7dentist wants to be a violiGnist
The Emlawyer wants to be just about anything but a D7lawyer
But still make a fortune and live off the CinterGest
[Verse 2]
The Cbaby wants to be a Gbig girl
And the D7teacher wants to be a perGformer
The Emdancer used to be the thing she always D7wanted to be
But now she's the maitre Gd'
[Verse 3]
The Cbusinessman wants to be a muGsician
And the D7housewife wants to be a maGgician
The Emdoctor doesn't want to be a phyD7sician
But the restaurateur now he's found a Gcure
For the Cnine to G/Bfive AmblueGs__D7__
But the messenger he doesn't want to bring the Gnews
[Chorus]
GNobody's Cdoing the Gjob they Cwant to be Gdoing
D7Don't you see that's the whole CprobGlem?C  
[Verse 4]
The Cbus driver wants to win the Glottery
And the D7thief has to be what he's Ggotta be
And Emnobody wants to be a D7bum
The piano player wants to beat the Gdrum
[Verse 5]
CMostly everybody thinks they'd like to Gbe a star
Except ceD7lebrities in magazines you Gread
That Emsay how difficult it is to be the D7thing they are
And that something else is really what Gthey need
[Chorus]
GNobody's Cdoing the Gjob they Cwant to be Gdoing
D7Don't you see that's the whole CprobGlem?

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Nobodys Doing The Job

by Terre Roche

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Terre Roche - Nobody's Doing The Job

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[Intro]

G C G

[Chorus]

C G C G

Nobody's doing the job they want to be doing

D7 C G C

Don't you see that's the whole problem?

[Chorus]

G C G C G

Nobody's doing the job they want to be doing

D7 C G C

Don't you see that's the whole problem?

[Verse 1]

C G

The waiter wants to be an actor

D7 G

And the dentist wants to be a violinist

Em D7

The lawyer wants to be just about anything but a lawyer

C G

But still make a fortune and live off the interest

[Verse 2]

C G

The baby wants to be a big girl

D7 G

And the teacher wants to be a performer

Em D7

The dancer used to be the thing she always wanted to be

But now she's the maitre d'

[Verse 3]

C G

The businessman wants to be a musician

D7 G

And the housewife wants to be a magician

Em D7

The doctor doesn't want to be a physician

But the restaurateur now he's found a cure

C G/B Am G D7

For the nine to five blues____

But the messenger he doesn't want to bring the news

[Chorus]

G C G C G

Nobody's doing the job they want to be doing

D7 C G C

Don't you see that's the whole problem?

[Verse 4]

C G

The bus driver wants to win the lottery

D7 G

And the thief has to be what he's gotta be

Em D7

And nobody wants to be a bum

The piano player wants to beat the drum

[Verse 5]

C G

Mostly everybody thinks they'd like to be a star

D7 G

Except celebrities in magazines you read

Em D7

That say how difficult it is to be the thing they are

And that something else is really what they need

[Chorus]

G C G C G

Nobody's doing the job they want to be doing

D7 C G

Don't you see that's the whole problem?

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