It Don't Pay to Get Up in the Morning chords by Mack Rice

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Now
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how can I   start my day off,
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when I go to work and they tell
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me I've been laid off?
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But that don't stop the beer collectors,
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yeah
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Cause they still come around
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till they pay off
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Did you know chicken and
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pork choppers
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gone sky high?
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They cost just as much
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as a New Yorker  real buy
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Boss man say I ain't worth much
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My wife keep naggin' and sayin'
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I got too soft of a touch
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It just don't pay sometimes
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to get up  in the mornin'
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Sometimes it just don't pay your heart
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to get up in the mornin'
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White house is sitting
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on a powder keg
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Cause somebody done slipped
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and let the cat out the back.
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Tom, Dick and Harry standing
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side by side.
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They getting ready to stand
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some poor man's high.
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If history keep on
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repeating itself y 'all,
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one day we  gonna look around
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ain't gonna be nothing left.
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Gasoline shortage,
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you better watch that scene,
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cause we all might be  rid
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ing on bicycles again.
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It just don't pay sometimes
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to get up in the morning.
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Sometimes it just don't pay off
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to get up in the morning.
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It  just don't pay to
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get up in the mornin'
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It just
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Don't pay some time
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to get it up in the
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mornin'
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Boss man say I ain't worth a dime
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But I'm hip to him,
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he just tryna play on my mind
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Wife ain't got sense enough
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to feel my  sorrow
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She too busy sittin' in
front of TV watchin'
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Search for tomorrow
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It just don't pay some time
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To get up  in the morning
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You know it just don't pay off
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To get up in the morning
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Woah
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Woah
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, own it
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It just don't pay
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To get up in the morning
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Sometimes it just don't pay
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To get up in the
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morning
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It just don't pay some time
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to get up in the mornin'
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It just don't pay some time
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to get up in the mornin'