It's My Job chords by
Jimmy Buffett 
Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
C
Bb
Gm
F
Bb
Csus4
C
F
C
Dm
Gm
F
Bb
C
F
Gm
Verse 1
Am
Ab
In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb
Bb
Dm
F
I didn't know what about but
Eb
I was feeling quite disturbed
Gm
F
A street sweeper came whistlin' by
Ab
C
He was bouncin' every step
Dm
G
It seemed strange how good he felt
Csus4
C
So I asked him while he swept
Verse 2
F
C
He said "It's my job to
Dm
Gm
be clean ing up this mess
F
Bb
And that's enough reas
Csus4
on to go for me
C
F
C
It's my job to be bet
Dm
Gm
ter than the rest
F
Bb
C
And that makes the day for me"
F
Verse 3
Gm
F
Am
Got an uncle who own s a bank
F
Ab
he's a self made millionaire
Bb
Dm
F
He never had any one to love
Eb
never had no one to care
Gm
F
Am
He always to seemed kind of sad to me
F
Ab
Csus4
So I asked him why that was
C
Dm
G
And he told me it's be cause in my
Csus4
C
con tract there's a clause
F
C
That says "It's my job to
Dm
Gm
wor ried half to death
F
Bb
And that's the thing people
Csus4
respect in me
C
F
C
Dm
Gm
It's a job but without it I'd be less
F
Bb
C
F
Than what I ex pect from me"
Interlude 1
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
Gm
Csus4
F
Gm
Verse 4
F
I've been lazy most all of my life
Ab
Writing songs and sleeping late
Bb
Dm
F
Any manual labor I've
Eb
done purely by mistake
Gm
F
If street sweepers can smile then
Ab
C
I've got no right to feel up set
Csus4
C
Dm
G
But some times I still forget
Gm
Till the light s go on
C
and the stage is set
Gm
F
And the song hits home
Bb
and you feel that sweat
C
It's my job
Verse 5
F
C
Dm
Gm
to be dif ferent than the rest
F
Bb
and that's enough reas on
Csus4
C
to go for me
F
C
It's my job to be bet
Dm
Gm
ter than the best
F
Bb
C
F
and that's a tough break for me
D
G
D
It's my job to be clean
C
Em
Am
ing up this mess
G
C
D
and that's enough reas on to go for me
Verse 6
G
D
C
Em
Am
It's my job to be bet ter than the best
G
C
D
and that makes the day for
Outro 1
me
G
C
G
C
G
C
Am
D
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Bb Gm Csus4...
F
C
Bb
Gm
Csus4
Dm
Am
Ab
Eb
G
D
Em
Capo: 3
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