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Odd Job Man chords by 
Harry Chapin
N/A•
Verse 1
G
D
G
I give
part time help
I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want
Em
So I do what I can
G
And I'll
Verse 2
tell you now
So that you will understand
You get just what you pay for
Em
From the odd job man
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Verse 3
Em
G
Em
One day this dude drives in the station
G
Em
And I slide out to the pump
G
And he says,
Em
" I need some odd jobs done
A
F#m
Can you get off from this dump?"
G
Well, I can always use some
Verse 4
Em
extra bread
G
Em
So I nod and take the job
G
When he says,
Em
"Clean up before you come
D
Em
E
I do not hire slobs "
Em
Now you can see
Verse 5
A
F#m
I'm not no fancy pants
A
F#m
But everyone has pride
A
F#m
And especially since this lovely lady's
G
Sittin' by his side
Em
Still
Verse 6
A
F#m
something keeps my trap shut
A
And I nod again,
F#m
" Alright "
A
F#m
And he gooses his Mercedes
G
Em
G
And he squeals off in the night
D
I give
Verse 7
G
part time help
D
G
Em
I'm the odd job man
D
I can't do what I want
G
Em
C
So I do what I can
Em
And I'll
Verse 8
D
G
tell you now
D
G
So that you will understand
D
G
You get just what you pay for
Em
D
G
From the odd job man
Em
G
Verse 9
Em
G
Em
Well, I find his place next morning
G
Em
It's more a palace than a pad
G
Em
And it kind of makes my pick- up truck
A
F#m
Start looking pretty bad
G
But the same lady swing
Verse 10
Em
s the door back
G
Em
And be fore one word is said
G
Em
She leads me to his trophy room
D
E
Where he sits with his stuffed heads
Verse 11
A
F#m
He's got this list of jobs for me to do
A
While he's out of town
F#m
A
F#m
And he says, "I'm too damn busy boy
G
Em
The way I move around"
Verse 12
A
Well, I start to figure prices
F#m
A
when he says
F#m
"It's time you learned
A
F#m
When you're dealing with a gentleman
G
Em
G
You get just what you earn"
Verse 13
D
G
I give part time help
D
G
I'm the odd job man
D
G
I can't do what I want
Em
C
So I do what I can
Em
And I'll
Verse 14
D
tell you now
G
D
G
So that you will understand
D
G
You get just what you pay for
D
Em
F#m
From the odd job man
Em
F#m
Em
Verse 15
F#m
D
Em
B
Em
F#m
Em
F#m
Em
F#m
I
Em
F#m
B
Em
A
Em
F#m
set to work that weekend
Em
F#m
And I'm fix in' up some stairs
Em
When I feel that someone's
F#m
watching me
Em
F#m
And I see she's stand ing there
A
Am
And she says, "I like to watch
Verse 16
B
you work
A
Am
Em
You have such sup ple hands"
A
Bm
She says, "Can I help you?"
Am
D
And I say, "Baby you can"
Verse 17
Em
F#m
Well, she looks me in the eyes, boys
Bm
Em
I admit I looked a little lower
A
F#m
Em
That's when she starts
D
breathing faster
Em
A
And I start working slower
Verse 18
A
Em
You see when you have a helper
Am
G
Em
With her attitude and grace
D
Am
Em
You start puttin' lots of extra hours
Am
D
Workin' 'round the place
Verse 19
G
I give part time help
I'm the odd job man
D
G
I can't do what I want
D
G
So I do what I can
Em
An d
Verse 20
G
Em
I'll tell you now
G
Em
So that you will understand
You get just what you pay for
G
From the odd job man
Verse 21
A
Well, a month had too
F#m
soon come and gone
A
F#m
With my odd jobs all done
A
F#m
When who should pull up to the pump
B
G#m
B
But the long- lost prodigal son
G#m
And he says,
Verse 22
A
F#m
"Here's a hundred dollars, boy"
A
F#m
Pulls the bill off from his wad
A
F#m
And he starts to hand it over
E
F#
Like a gift come straight from God
B
I say, "That's just
Verse 23
G#m
a
B
buck an hour sir"
G#m
He says, "That's what
B
I pay for jerks"
G#m
A
Now I admit that almost blew my cool
F#m
A
F#
But I staggered back to work
B
You see most times when it's
Verse 24
G#m
said and done
B
There's justice to this life
A#
'Cause what that man had done to me
A
I'd done to his wife
Verse 25
F#
F#m
E
A
I give part time help
E
F#m
E
A
I'm the odd job man
F#m
A
I can't do what I want
F#m
G
So I do what I can
F#m
And I'll tell
Verse 26
E
B
E
A
you now
E
F#m
A
So that you will under stand
E
A
You get just what you pay for
F#m
E
A
From the odd job man
Outro 1
A
D
A
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