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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Flansburgh
Length: 2:23
On Albums: They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years

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G
I gotta   get a   job                 I got to  get   some  pay              my

C
son's gotta go to art school,      he's leaving   in three days         and the

G
TV is in Esperanto                 you  know that that's a bitch         because

Am                                      C                   D
alienation's       for the rich    and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day

G
                            a hey  hey  hey

(Instrumental; play G and lead in to last verse on an E chord)


A
I ain't  feeling   happy      about the state of  things in my life     but I'm 

D
working to make it better        with a six  of   Miller  High   Life      just

A
drinking and     a-drivin',      makin' sure my   dues get  paid        because

Bm                                      D         E         A
alienation's        for the rich   and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day


                            a hey  hey  hey

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