Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
D
G
It's a living, it's a living,
C
F
C
Am
and our lucky stars we thank.
C
F
F#dim
They don't throw us any roses,
C
Am
A
but they can't ignore our grocers,
D
G
so we cry all the way,
D
G
cry all the way,
D
G
C
Am
cry all the way to the bank.
Tell me, Lee,
what do you pay in taxes each year?
it differs. It differs?
It all depends on how much
they need each year.
Each lace and gilded jacket
D
E
has put me in a bracket
E
Em
My candelabra blazing
E
Ebdim
B
makes money that's amazing
Em
A
D
G
although some may say it's comical.
Am
D
Ddim
I guess they'd like me without teeth,
D
G
undressed, and bald.
Am
G
But it's a liv ing. It's a living.
C
F
C
Am
And our lucky stars we thank.
C
Am
F#dim
They insist we're less than thrill ing.
D
Am
A
And it's a mercy killing,
D
G
so we cry all the way.
D
G
Cry all the way.
D
G
C
Am
Cry all the way to the bank.
Jane, when did you first discover sex?
Well, my 14th birthday
A
Am
was the first time I kissed a boy
and smoked my first cigarette.
And I've never had
time for cigarettes since.
If you can peddle passion,
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Bdim
E
there's jewels and gold and cash
E
Am
E
Even checks in it!
Am
Em
The state old Wall Street Journal
Em
A
D
G
from a business that has sex in it.
E
Am
Now some girls like to take a book to bed.
Ddim
D
G
was well -read.
Am
D
G
But it's a living. It's a living.
C
F
C
And our lucky stars we thank.
They certainly can't blame us
D
G
If we cry all the way.
E
A
Cry all the way.
D
Ddim
G
Cry all the way
Am
E
Am
E
Am
To the bank
Say, Pelvis, how about letting me
A
Am
manage you for a while?
I'm sorry, Jean.
The Admiral knows everything for me.
there are some things
that lady managers can do
A
Am
that men managers can't.
Oh?
A
Am
Oh, oh, yes.
The Admiral, he said, Elvis,
E
A
Am
There's a myth in it.
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E
A
folks will start to think
D
G
we're printing it.
D
Ddim
Oh, and all be cause a bee
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Am
G
Gdim
got in my pants.
G
D
G
But it's a living, it's a living,
C
F
Cdim
and our lucky stars we thank.
Am
D
Though the intellects abhor us,
Am
G
A
as long as folks adore us,
D
G
we can cry all the way,
E
A
Am
Dm
G
Cry all the way, cry all the way
G
Am
To the bay
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Am
C
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