Take This Job and Shove It

Johnny Paycheck (1977)


{t:Take This Job and Shove It}
{st:Johnny Paycheck (1977)}

{soc}
[NC]Take this job and shove it 
I ain't [Bb]working here no [F]more
My [F]woman done left and [Dm]took all the reasons
[G]  I was working [C]for
You [F]better not try to stand in my way
As I'm [Bb]walking out the [F]door
[Bb]Take this job and [F]shove it
I ain't [C]working here no [F]↓more (2 3 4, 1 2 3 4)
{eoc}

{c:verse 1}
[F]I've been working in this factory
For [F]nigh on fifteen years
[Bb]All this time I [F]watched my woman
[G]Drowning in a pool of [C]tears                 
And [F]I've seen a lot of good folk die
That [Bb]had a lot of bills to [F]pay
[Bb]I'd give the shirt right [F]off my back
If [C]I had the guts to [F]↓say (2 3 4)

{soc}
[NC]Take this job and shove it 
I ain't [Bb]working here no [F]more
My [F]woman done left and [Dm]took all the reasons
[G]  I was working [C]for
You [F]better not try to stand in my way
As I'm [Bb]walking out the [F]door
[Bb]Take this job and [F]shove it
I ain't [C]working here no [F]↓more (2 3 4, 1 2 3)
{eoc}

{c:verse 2}
Well that [F]foreman he's a regular dog
The [F]line boss he's a fool
[Bb]Got a brand new [F]flattop hair cut
[G]Lord, he thinks he's [C]cool
[F]One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that [Bb]sucker, he's gonna [F]pay
[Bb]Lord, I can't wait, to [F]see their faces
When I [C]get, the nerve to [F]↓say (2 3 4)

{soc}
[NC]Take this job and shove it 
I ain't [Bb]working here no [F]more
My [F]woman done left and [Dm]took all the reasons
[G]  I was working [C]for
You [F]better not try to stand in my way
As I'm [Bb]walking out the [F]door
[Bb]Take this job and [F]shove it
I ain't [C]working here no [F]more
{eoc}

{c:outro}
[Bb]Take this job and [F]shove it
([C]1 2 3 4, [F]↓)

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