Youll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again

Jimmy Buffett

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Key:
| G* | G* | [Intro 2] (Spoken)
G* G* "He told it to the monkeys and they didn't talk back,
G* G* then he told the old iguana and he didn't attack".
G* | G* | G* | G | [Verse 1]
G Em C7 D G They told me before I started that it never ever would work out:
G Em C7 C7 stay in school, don't be a fool, but I had to see what life was about. [Pre-Chorus]
G F So, I went to Biloxi, seekin' fortune and fame,
C Cm I got hired, I got fired, I got called dirty names. [Chorus]
G Em C7 D G You'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
G Em C7 D (G*) You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again. [Interlude]
G* | G* | G* | G |
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[Verse 2]
G Em C7 D G I knew I needed representation and I found it one night in a bar.
G Em C C He was a bondsman and a part-time agent and he said that he would make me a star. [Pre-Chorus]
G F He said', "Aaaah, you don't have to be that good to make it out in Hollywood,
C Cm you just have to change and complain". [Chorus]
G Em C7 D G Or you'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
G Em C7 D G* G You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again. [Solo]
G | Em | C D | G |
G | Em | F D | G | [Bridge]
B7 Em I parked cars at the Rainbow, I sold maps of the stars,
B7 Em I got my nose broke in Spago's when I puked on the bar.
A D7* And all I played's a double bar mitzvah,
A D7* Bubba played a double bar mitzvah!) [Pre-Chorus]
G F C Cm It's a jungle out there, hell, I don't care, I'm going back to my predator friends. [End-Chorus]
G Em C7 D G I will never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
G Em C7 D G No, I'll never (never), no never (never), never work in this bidness again.
G Em C7 D G* You'll never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again. [Other] (Spoken)
G* "Ah, relax, where do you think you're going with dat suitcase?"
G* G* "I'm outta here!" "You're leaving?! Vat about my fifteen percent?"
G* G* "15 Percent of nothin' is nothin'!" "Young man, you leave now and you'll never"
G* "I'll never..." "You'll never..." "Work in dis..." "Bizness..." "Bidness..."
G "AGAIN!!"
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