Day Job
The Grateful Dead 

A add6 add3
   B  D E A  D D# E add4 add4
             A                                                            A add6 add6 add6
             Maybe you collect, or maybe you pay
                    A                                                          A add6 add6 add6
             You still got to work that eight hour day
             D                                   A         E
             Whether you like that job, or not
                               D                                       A                    E      add4 add4
             You better keep it on ice while your linin' up your longshot

                                                  B                   D
                               Which is to say, hey hey hey
                              (D#)            A   A7  D                      D7
                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                                                  A   A7  D                       D7
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                                                  A   F# B             D      E    A 
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays
                                                                                                      D  D# E  add4 add4 add4

             All the boys are studyin' that eight day hour
             Never underratin' that pay check power
             By now you know that the face on your dollar
             Got a thumb on his nose, and a hand on his collar

                               Which is to say, hey hey hey
                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays

             Daddy may drive that Stingray Vette
             Mama may bathe in champagne, yet
             God bless the child who's got his own stash
             A nine to five, and a place to crash

                               Which is to say, hey hey hey
                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays
                                               *Solo*   (verse & chorus)

             Sunday come, forget about your work
             Ring that bell for whatever it's worth
             Some say you do, but I say you don't
             I'll tell you what to do, but I know that you won't

                               Which is to say, hey hey hey
                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays

             Maybe you collect, or maybe you pay
             You still got to work that eight hour day
             Whether you like that job, or not
             You still got to keep on linin' up that longshot

                               Which is to say, hey hey hey
                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays

                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays

                               Keep your day job, don't give it away
                               Keep your day job, whatever they say
                               Keep your day job 'til your night job pays
                                                  (repeat chorus as long as you're into it...)
      


  Copyright 1980 Ice Nine Publishing, Inc.
  By Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
  Unreleased





   Chords:
          A  A6 A  A3   B  D  D# E  E4 A7  D7 (D#) F#
      e |-0-----0-------2--2--3--0--0--0---2-------2--
      B |-2-----2-------4--3--4--0--0--2---1-------2--
      G |-22----22------4--2--3--1--2--0---2-------3--
      D |-22-44-22------4--0--0--2--2--2---0---1---4--
      A |-0-----0--4----2--0--0--2--2--0---0-------4--
      E |------------------------0--0--------------2--







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