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Key: G
There is a call and response lick after each of the first two lines of a verse.:
Riff, played over I (for example, G) chords in chorus and twice at the end of chorus.:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-5β5-5--3--5-----3β5-------|
A|--------------5------------|
E|---------------------------|
Chorus:
Riff x4:
G G G G
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
D N.C.
Well I don't like the way you work -
C G
It's all I can do
G G
Verse 1:
G
Working on a number, My fingers to the bone on my guitar lick:
C G
Working on a number, My fingers to the bone on my piano lick:
D
All I got at the end of the day
C G
Is a message from the King
Chorus:
Riff x4:
G G G G
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
D N.C.
Well I don't like the way you work -
C G
It's all I can do.
G G
Verse 2:
G
I'm trying to scratch a living, But all this man is giving me is the blues lick:
C G
I'm trying to scratch a living But all the man is giving me is the blues lick:
D N.C.
Gotta find a way to make my music pay -
C G
Or I'm gonna lose my mind.
Chorus:
Riff x4:
G G G G
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
D N.C.
Well I don't like the way you work -
C G
It's all I can do
G G
Solo over verse:
Chorus:
Riff x4:
G G G G
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
C
Four percent of something's
G
Better than ten percent of nothing blue Riff x2:
D N.C.
Well I don't like the way you work -
C G
It's all I can do
Riff x2:
G G
D N.C.
Well I don't like the way you work -
C G
It's all I can do.
Song History
Published: September 5, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025