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This Devils Workday

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[Intro]                 
Bmaj7
Em Em Em Em
Bm7
Em Em Em Em
Em Em Em Em
Bbmaj7 G/B E7 Bmaj7
[Chorus]
EmAll those peopFmaj7le that you Emknow
EmAll those peopFmaj7le that you Em7know
Em7All those people that you Em7know
Em7Floating in the river are Em7logs
[Verse 1]
AI could Bmaj7buy myEm7self a reason
Em7I could sell myself a Em7job
Bmaj7I could Emhang myself for treason
Cmaj7All the folks I know are gone
[Chorus]
F#maj7All those pFmaj7eople that you Emknow
Bm7All those E/F#people that you Em7know
Em7All those peoFmaj7ple that you know
Fmaj7Floating Em7in the river are Em7logs
Am Bmaj7
Em Em Em Em
Em Em Em Em
Em Em Em Em
[Verse 2]
EmSo I ate the wedding cake
B7'Til the Fmaj7whole damn thing Bm7was gone
Bm7And I'm Em7gonna drown the ocean
Em7Now ain't none o' that so wrong?
[Chorus]
Em7All those people that you know
Em7All those people that you know
Em7All those people that you know
Bbm7Floating in Bm7the river Eare gone
A F#7
Em Em Em Em
Em Em Em Em
Em Em Em Em
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7Gonna Em7take this sack of puppies
Em7Gonna set it out to freeze
Em7Gonna climb around on all fours
Em7'Til all the blood falls out my knees
[Chorus]
Em7All the people that you know
Em7All  Bmaj7the    Em7people that you know
Em7All those people that you know
AFloating Cmaj7in the river are logs
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7Well,  Bmaj7let's  tEmake this potted plant
EmTo the woods and set it free
EmI'm gonna tell tE/Bhe owners
E/BJust how nice that was of me
[Verse 5]
F#7I could buy Cmaj7myself a reason
EmI could sell myself a job
EmI could hang myself on treason
EmOh I am my own damn God
End on Em with optional cackling and howls.

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This Devils Workday

by Modest Mouse

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bmaj7

Bm7

Bbmaj7

G/B

Fmaj7

Em7

Cmaj7

F#maj7

E/F#

Bbm7

F#7

Dmaj7

E/B

[Intro]

Bmaj7

Em Em Em Em

Bm7

Em Em Em Em

Bbmaj7 G/B E7 Bmaj7

[Chorus]

Em Fmaj7 Em

All those people that you know

Em Fmaj7 Em7

All those people that you know

Em7 Em7

All those people that you know

Em7 Em7

Floating in the river are logs

[Verse 1]

A Bmaj7 Em7

I could buy myself a reason

Em7 Em7

I could sell myself a job

Bmaj7 Em

I could hang myself for treason

Cmaj7

All the folks I know are gone

[Chorus]

F#maj7 Fmaj7 Em

All those people that you know

Bm7 E/F# Em7

All those people that you know

Em7 Fmaj7

All those people that you know

Fmaj7 Em7 Em7

Floating in the river are logs

Am Bmaj7

Em Em Em Em

[Verse 2]

So I ate the wedding cake

B7 Fmaj7 Bm7

'Til the whole damn thing was gone

Bm7 Em7

And I'm gonna drown the ocean

Em7

Now ain't none o' that so wrong?

[Chorus]

Em7

All those people that you know

Em7

All those people that you know

Em7

All those people that you know

Bbm7 Bm7 E

Floating in the river are gone

A F#7

Em Em Em Em

[Verse 3]

Dmaj7 Em7

Gonna take this sack of puppies

Em7

Gonna set it out to freeze

Em7

Gonna climb around on all fours

Em7

'Til all the blood falls out my knees

[Chorus]

Em7

All the people that you know

Em7 Bmaj7 Em7

All the people that you know

Em7

All those people that you know

A Cmaj7

Floating in the river are logs

[Verse 4]

Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Em

Well, let's take this potted plant

To the woods and set it free

Em E/B

I'm gonna tell the owners

E/B

Just how nice that was of me

[Verse 5]

F#7 Cmaj7

I could buy myself a reason

I could sell myself a job

I could hang myself on treason

Oh I am my own damn God

End on Em with optional cackling and howls.

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