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Beginner 👶
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🎸
🎸 Intro:
G E7 E E7 x2
🎸 Verse 1:
D
Pour the coffee in the hole
E7
Fire up the workin’ mob
G D
Keeping cups you can’t go wrong
D
Buy and sell your future self
E7
For max accumulated wealth
G D
Put yourself up on the shelf
D
Punching rocks until they crawl
E7
20 million carat gold
G D
Wash it with your neighbour’s hose
D
There’s pressure surging at the wall
E7
Cut the power at the cord
G D
Hurry now and make a call
E7
🎸 Bridge:
G D
People just keep plugging along
E7 E
Buying shit and going bald
G D
Tell ’em they can do what they want
E7 E G
Go and prove the big boys wrong
G E7 E
I don’t want to be patronised
D E7 G D x2
🎸 Verse 2:
D
Keep on working, don’t you stop
E7
Always focus on the shot
G D
And striking while the iron’s hot
D
Buy yourself a brand new car
E7
Put it in a big garage
G D
With everything you’ve won so far
D
Tell the haters you’re the man
E7
Let the sand slip through your hands
G D
Give yourself a fighting chance
D
Study doing what you love
E7
Give your money to the gov
G D
And end up working at the pub
E7
Bridge]
G D
People just keep plugging along
E7 E
Buying shit and going bald
G D
Tell ’em they can do what they want
E7 E G
Go and prove the big boys wrong
G D
People just keep plugging along
E7 E
Buying shit and going bald
G D
Tell ’em they can do what they want
E7 E G
Go and prove the big boys wrong
G E7 E
I don’t want to be patronised
G E7 E
I don’t want to be patronised
D E7 G D x2
🎸 Chorus:
E7
Now you’re trying to find joy in this
G
But you got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
E7
Now you’re trying to find joy in this
G
But you got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
D
Now you’re trying to find joy in this
E7 G
But you got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
D
I know you’re trying to find joy in this
E7 G
But you got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
🎸 Outro:
D
Pour the coffee in the hole, buying shit and going bald
E7 G
Yeah
I got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
D
Pour the coffee in the hole, buying shit and going bald
E7 G*
Yeah
I got I’s to dot and T’s to cross and arses to kiss
Song History
Published: August 9, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025