9 To 5 Chords
by Smallpools
9 To 5 by Smallpools is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F, Bb, C7, C, Gm and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E F Bb F C7 F C7 F
Verse: 1
C7 F
You tasted the porridge
C F
And ran before the grizzlies took your life
C F
But you tried to ignore it
C F
The yen that wreathes the corners of your mind?
Bb Gm
All you said you wanted
F
Was some time alone to look over the Treaty of Versailles
Bb C
But all you really wanted
F
Was a 9 to 5
C F C F
To pay the bills on time
Verse: 2
C7 F
You dug from the storage
C F
A tapestry that could not weave to scale
C F
Your shoes stuck to the mortgage
C F
Like zebra muscles sticking to the shale (shale!)
Bb Gm
All you said you wanted
F
Was some time alone to look over the Treaty of Versailles
Bb C
But all you really wanted
F
Was a 9 to 5
C7 F C7 F
To pay the bills on time
Bridge
C7 F C Dm
To pay the bills on time
Dm Bb Gm F
("Oh!" scream)
F Bb C F
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Bb Gm
All you said you wanted
F
Was some time alone to reassess your life
Bb C
All you really wanted
F
Was a 9 to 5
N.C.
To pay the bills on time
(End on F)