It's My Job Chords

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It's My Job by Jimmy Buffett is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Gm7, Gm, Abmaj7, Eb, C7, Dm, G7, D, G, Am7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Gm
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  			Intro: F C Bb  Gm7 F Bb C 
       F C Bb  Gm7 F Bb C F 
 
Gm                   F                  
In the middle of late last night 
       Abmaj7 
I was sittin' on a curb 
Bb                    F             
I didn't know what about 
          Eb 
But I was feelin' quite disturbed 
Gm                     F                      
A street sweeper came whistlin' by 
         Abmaj7 
He was bouncin' every step 
C7                Dm           G7          
It seemed strange how good he felt 
     Gm7 
So I asked him while he swept 
 
 
      C7                F   
     He said, "It's my job  
     C    Bb                Gm7 
     To be cleaning up this mess 
                F       Bb       C 
     And that's enough reason to go for me 
             F    
     It's my job  
     C       Bb            Gm7 
     To be better than the rest 
          F            Bb   C7  F 
     And that makes the day for me." 
 
Gm                  F                   
I got an uncle who owns a bank 
        Abmaj7 
He's a self-made millionaire 
Bb                 F                
He never had anyone to love 
       Bb 
Never had no one to care 
Gm7                    F                
He always seemed kinda sad to me 
      Abmaj7             C7 
And I asked him why that was 
            Dm          G7           
And he told me it's because  
        Gm7 
In my contract there's this clause 
 
Chorus: 
        C7                F    
     That says, "It's my job 
      C      Bb            Gm7 
     To be worried half to death 
           F              Bb      C 
     And that's the thing people respect in me 
              F    
     It's my job  
      C   Bb                Gm7 
     But without it I'd be less 
           F      Bb    C7   F 
     Than what I expect from me." 
 
Instrumental: 
   F Bb    F Bb   F Bb    Gm7 C7 F 
 
 Gm                      F                    
Now I've been lazy most all my life 
         Abmaj7 
Writin' songs and sleepin' late 
Bb               F                    
And any manual labor I've done  
     Eb 
Was purely by mistake 
 Gm7                     F                     
If street sweepers can smile  
                 Abmaj7          C7 
Then I've got no right to feel upset 
              Dm          G7 
But sometimes I still forget 
 
  Gm7 
'Til the lights go on and the stage is set 
                   F       Bb             C 
And the song hits home and you feel that sweat 
 
Chorus:       F   
     It's my job 
     C      Bb                 Gm7 
     To be different than the rest 
               F       Bb        C7 
     And that's enough reason to go for me 
             F    
     It's my job  
     C      Bb              Gm7 
     To be better than the best 
           F            Bb    C7  F 
     And that's a rough break for me 
 
Ending: 
     D      G  D       
     It's my job  
          C               Am7 
     To be cleaning up this mess 
                G       C         D 
     And that's enough reason to go for me 
              G    
     It's my job  
      D      C             Am7 
     To be better than the rest 
               G        C   D7  G 
     And that makes the day for me 
 
     G  C   G  C  G  C  Am7 D7 G 
 
 
        Abmaj7 
   4th 
 E|---|---|---|--- 
 B|-X-|---|---|--- 
 G|---|-X-|---|--- 
 D|---|-X-|---|--- 
 A|---|---|-X-|--- 
 E|-X-|---|---|--- 
 
 

    	

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100 BPM Andante