Odd Job Man

Odd Job Man easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Verse 1
    I give 

    part 
    time 
    help 

    I'm 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    can't 
    do 
    what 
    I want 

    So 
    do 
    what 
    I can 

    And I'll 
    Verse 2
    tell 
    you 
    now 

    So 
    that 
    you 
    will 
    understand 

    You 
    get 
    just 
    what 
    you pay 
    for 

    From 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 


    Verse 3
    One 
    day 
    this dude 
    drives 
    in the sta
    tion 

    And 
    I slide 
    out to 
    the pump 

    And 
    he says, 

    " I 
    need 
    some odd 
    jobs 
    done 

    Can you 
    get 
    off 
    from 
    this 
    dump?" 

    Well, I can 
    always 
    use 
    some 
    Verse 4
    extra 
    bread 

    So 
    nod 
    and 
    take 
    the job 

    When 
    he says, 

    "Clean up 
    be
    fore 
    you come 

    I do 
    not 
    hire 
    slob

    Now 
    you can 
    see 
    Verse 5
    I'm 
    not no 
    fancy 
    pants 

    But 
    everyone 
    has 
    pride 

    And espe
    cially 
    since 
    this 
    lovely 
    lady's 

    Sit
    tin' 
    by 
    his side 

    Still 
    Verse 6
    something 
    keeps 
    my trap 
    shut 

    And I 
    nod 
    again, 

    " Alright 

    And he gooses 
    his 
    Mer
    cedes 

    And 
    he squeals 
    off 
    in the night 

    I give 
    Verse 7
    part 
    time 
    help 

    I'm 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    can't 
    do 
    what 
    I want 

    So 
    I do 
    what 
    I can 

    And I'll 
    Verse 8
    tell 
    you 
    now 

    So that 
    you 
    will 
    under
    stand 

    You 
    get 
    just 
    what 
    you pay 
    for 

    From 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    Verse 9

    Well, 
    I find 
    his place 
    next 
    morning 

    It's 
    more 
    a palace 
    than a pad 

    And 
    it kind 
    of makes 
    my 
    pick
    up truck 

    Start 
    looking 
    pretty 
    bad 

    But the 
    same 
    lady 
    swing
    Verse 10
    s the door 
    back 

    And 
    be
    fore 
    one 
    word 
    is 
    said 

    She 
    leads 
    me 
    to his 
    trophy 
    room 

    Where 
    he sit
    with his 
    stuffed 
    heads 

    Verse 11
    He's 
    got 
    this 
    list 
    of jobs 
    for 
    me to 
    do 

    While 
    he's 
    out 
    of town 

    And he 
    says, 
    "I'm 
    too damn 
    busy 
    boy 

    The 
    way 
    I move 
    around" 

    Verse 12
    Well, 
    I start 
    to figure 
    prices 

    when 
    he says 

    "It's 
    time 
    you learned 

    When you're 
    dealing 
    with 
    a gen
    tleman 

    You 
    get 
    just 
    what 
    you 
    earn" 

    Verse 13
    I give 
    part 
    time 
    help 

    I'm 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    can't 
    do 
    what 
    I want 

    So 
    do 
    what 
    I can 

    And I'll 
    Verse 14
    tell 
    you 
    now 

    So 
    that 
    you 
    will 
    under
    stand 

    You 
    get 
    just 
    what 
    you pay 
    for 

    From 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    Verse 15



    set 
    to work 
    that 
    weekend 

    And I'm 
    fix
    in' 
    up 
    some 
    stairs 

    When 
    I feel 
    that 
    someone's 

    watching 
    me 

    And I see 
    she's 
    stand
    ing there 

    And 
    she says, 
    "I 
    like 
    to watch 
    Verse 16
    you work 

    You 
    have 
    such 
    sup
    ple 
    hand
    s" 

    She says, 
    "Can 
    help 
    you?" 

    And I say, 
    "Baby 
    you 
    can" 

    Verse 17
    Well, 
    she 
    looks 
    me 
    in the 
    eye
    s, boys 

    I admit 
    looked 
    a little 
    lower 

    That's 
    when 
    she starts 

    breathing 
    faster 

    And 
    start 
    working 
    slower

    Verse 18
    You see 
    when 
    you have 
    a help
    er 

    With 
    her 
    atti
    tude 
    and 
    grace 

    You start 
    puttin' 
    lots 
    of 
    extra 
    hours 

    Workin' 
    'round 
    the 
    place 

    Verse 19
    I give 
    part 
    time 
    help 

    I'm 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    can't 
    do 
    what 
    want 

    So 
    do 
    what 
    can

    An
    Verse 20
    I'll tell 
    you now 

    So 
    that 
    you will under
    stand 

    You get just 
    what you pay for 

    From 
    the 
    odd 
    job man 

    Verse 21
    Well, 
    month 
    had too 

    soon 
    come 
    and gone 

    With 
    my 
    odd 
    jobs 
    all 
    done 

    When 
    who should 
    pull up 
    to the 
    pump 

    But the 
    long- 
    lost 
    prodigal 
    son 

    And he 
    says, 
    Verse 22

    "Here's 
    a hundred 
    dol
    lars, 
    boy" 

    Pulls 
    the bill 
    off 
    from 
    his wad 

    And he starts 
    to 
    hand it 
    over

    Like 
    a gift 
    come 
    straight 
    from 
    God 

    I say, 
    "That's 
    just 
    Verse 23

    buck 
    an hour 
    sir" 

    He 
    says, 
    "That's 
    what 

    I pay 
    for jerks" 

    Now I admit 
    that 
    almost 
    blew my 
    cool 

    But I 
    staggered 
    back 
    to 
    work 

    You see 
    most 
    times 
    when 
    it's 
    Verse 24

    said 
    and done 

    There's 
    justice 
    to this 
    life 

    'Cause 
    what 
    that 
    man 
    had 
    done 
    to 
    me 

    I'd 
    done 
    to 
    his 
    wife 

    Verse 25
    give 
    part 
    time 
    help 

    I'm 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    can't 
    do 
    what 
    want 

    So 
    do 
    what 
    can

    And 
    I'll 
    tell 
    Verse 26
    you 
    now 

    So 
    that 
    you 
    will 
    un
    der
    stand 

    You 
    get 
    just 
    what 
    you 
    pay 
    for 

    From 
    the 
    odd 
    job 
    man 

    Outro 1


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