Intro: F C Bb Gm7 F Bb C
F C Bb Gm7 F Bb C F
Gm F
In the middle of late last night
Abmaj7
I was sittin' on a curb
Bb F
I didn't know what about
Eb
But I was feelin' quite disturbed
Gm F
A street sweeper came whistlin' by
Abmaj7
He was bouncin' every step
C7 Dm G7
It seemed strange how good he felt
Gm7
So I asked him while he swept
C7 F
He said, "It's my job
C Bb Gm7
To be cleaning up this mess
F Bb C
And that's enough reason to go for me
F
It's my job
C Bb Gm7
To be better than the rest
F Bb C7 F
And that makes the day for me."
Gm F
I got an uncle who owns a bank
Abmaj7
He's a self-made millionaire
Bb F
He never had anyone to love
Bb
Never had no one to care
Gm7 F
He always seemed kinda sad to me
Abmaj7 C7
And I asked him why that was
Dm G7
And he told me it's because
Gm7
In my contract there's this clause
Chorus:
C7 F
That says, "It's my job
C Bb Gm7
To be worried half to death
F Bb C
And that's the thing people respect in me
F
It's my job
C Bb Gm7
But without it I'd be less
F Bb C7 F
Than what I expect from me."
Instrumental:
F Bb F Bb F Bb Gm7 C7 F
Gm F
Now I've been lazy most all my life
Abmaj7
Writin' songs and sleepin' late
Bb F
And any manual labor I've done
Eb
Was purely by mistake
Gm7 F
If street sweepers can smile
Abmaj7 C7
Then I've got no right to feel upset
Dm G7
But sometimes I still forget
Gm7
'Til the lights go on and the stage is set
F Bb C
And the song hits home and you feel that sweat
Chorus: F
It's my job
C Bb Gm7
To be different than the rest
F Bb C7
And that's enough reason to go for me
F
It's my job
C Bb Gm7
To be better than the best
F Bb C7 F
And that's a rough break for me
Ending:
D G D
It's my job
C Am7
To be cleaning up this mess
G C D
And that's enough reason to go for me
G
It's my job
D C Am7
To be better than the rest
G C D7 G
And that makes the day for me
G C G C G C Am7 D7 G
Abmaj7
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