Variation A                          Variation B
E|-4-5-4-0--------------------------| |--4-5-4-0--------------------------|
B|---------2---2---2---2---2---2----| |-----------2---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|-----------2---2---2---2---2---2--| |-------------2---4---4---4---4---4-|
D|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|



Not A and B chords, switch between playing the two variations above.

A
                          A     
Listen up and I'll tell a story
                        B   
About an artist growing old
                           B          
Some would try for fame and glory
                A         
Others aren’t so bold

         
[Verse 1]
                          A      
Everyone, and friends and family
                   B        
Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
                         B     
"Why do you only do that only?
               A    
Why are you so odd?
                         A       
We don't really like what you do
                           B    
We don't think anyone ever will
                       B       
It’s a problem that you have
                            A     
And this problem's made you ill."

        
[Chorus]
                          A     
Listen up and I'll tell a story
                        B   
About an artist growing old
                           B      
Some would try for fame and glory
                A     
Others aren't so bold

         
[Verse 2]
                 A     
The artist walks alone
                        B    
Someone says behind his back
                                   B     
"He's got his gall to call himself that!
                               A     
He doesn't even know where he's at!"
                          A        
The artist walks among the flowers
                B    
Appreciating the sun
                           B      
He does this all his waking hours
                   A       
But is it really so wrong?
                           A   
They sit in front of their TVs
                      B     
Saying, "Hey! This is fun!"
                      B      
And they laugh at the artist
                                    A      
Saying, "He doesn't know how to have fun."
                                  A    
The best things in life are truly free
                           B    
Singing birds and laughing bees
                           B     
"You’ve got me wrong", says he
                              A    
"The sun don’t shine in your TV"

        
[Chorus]
                          A     
Listen up and I'll tell a story
                        B   
About an artist growing old
                            B     
Some would try for fame and glory
                 A      
Others aren’t so bold

         
[Verse 1]
                          A     
Everyone, and friends and family
                    B     
Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
                         B     
"Why do you only do that only?
               A    
Why are you so odd?
                          A      
We don't really like what you do
                           B    
We don't think anyone ever will
                        B    
It's a problem that you have
                           A        
And this problem’s made you ill."

        
[Chorus]
                          A     
Listen up and I'll tell a story
                        B   
About an artist growing old
                            B     
Some would try for fame and glory
                              A     
Others just like to watch the world