Today I'm Gonna Get Myself A Real Job chords by Cory Wong

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC C+ A minorAm C majorC+ (x2)


C majorC        C majorC+      A minorAm    C majorC+
Today I'm gonna get myself a real job
C majorC         FF        G+G
It's time to be a standard working man
    A minorAm         D MajorD
Oh this music thing's been fun
   DmDm       FF
But I think that I am done
C majorC        FF      DdimDdim C majorC
Today I'm gonna get myself a real job

C majorC        C majorC+       A minorAm   C majorC+
I'm contemplating getting on the payroll
C majorC          FF      G+G
No stress about what other people think
A minorAm         D MajorD
No ticket sales, no critics
 DmDm     FF
Or spotify statistics
C majorC        FF      DdimDdim C majorC
Today I'm gonna get myself a real job

    G minorGm    C majorC
Now my insecurities
    FF      DdimDdim
Got the best part of me
   C majorC      FF        DdimDdim C majorC
I'm gonna quit guitar and get a real job

Instrumental:
C majorC
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-13--13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-12--12---12/14--12--12-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------14/15--14--14---14/15--14--14---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------15/17--15--15---15/17--15---------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------15/17--15---------------------|
(x2)

C majorC        C majorC+      A minorAm    C majorC+
Today I'm gonna get myself a real job
(He might just get a real job)
C majorC       FF       G+G
In the family business making food
(Making food at Wong's)
   A minorAm           D MajorD
I poured my heart out in these songs
    DmDm        FF
Now it's time to cook at Wong's
  C majorC       FF        DdimDdim C majorC
I think someday I might just get a real job

  G minorGm       C majorC    FF      DdimDdim
I spent half my life on a bus or on a flight
   C majorC        FF      DdimDdim C majorC
I'm getting off the road and getting a real job

Instrumental:
C majorC
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-13--13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-12--12---12/14--12--12-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------14/15--14--14---14/15--14--14---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------15/17--15--15---15/17--15---------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------15/17--15---------------------|
(x2)

C majorC C+ A minorAm C majorC+
C majorC FF G+G
A minorAm D MajorD DmDm FF
C majorC FF DdimDdim C majorC

   G minorGm          C majorC
Now my friends have always said:
    FF         DdimDdim
"This is all just in your head
  C majorC        FF
Now get out of your bed (This is your)
   C majorC        FF
Don't read the comment threads (This is your)
   C majorC      FF
Go write a song instead (This is your)
       DdimDdim C majorC
This is your real job"

Instrumental:
C majorC
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-13--13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-12--12---12/14--12--12-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------14/15--14--14---14/15--14--14---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------15/17--15--15---15/17--15---------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------15/17--15---------------------|
(x2)

C majorC      C majorC+       A minorAm     C majorC+
I was never meant to have a real job
   C majorC        FF         G+G
This passion's burned inside since I was twelve
   A minorAm      D MajorD
Now I may not be the best
   DmDm       FF
But I know that I can rest
    C majorC          FF     DdimDdim C majorC
Knowing today that I don't ever need a real job


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