Intro/Chorus Riff (x2)
AE
Sleepin' on a planner at the port authority,
DAD
waitin' for my bus to come,
AE
Seven scotch and sodas at the office party
DA
Now I don't remember where I'm from
D
I think I had a black wallet
AD
In my back pocket, with a bus ticket
F#mC#DD#E
And a picture of my baby inside
D
And if I make it home alive
CHORUS:
AED
I'm gonna get my s**t together
AED
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#mB
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
GD
I gotta new computer and a
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
AE
Headin' for the airport on a misty morning
DAD
Gonna catch a flight to Baltimore
AE
Try to kill an hour with a whiskey-sour
DA
If there's time I might have just one more
DA
I gotta do some, quick readin' for the, big meetin'
DF#mC#DD#E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes
D
as long as I don't have to drive
CHORUS:
AED
I'm gonna get my s**t together
AED
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#mB
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
GD
I gotta new computer and a
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
E
I had a line on a brand new account
Bm
But now I can't seem to find where I wrote that number down,
E
I try to focus, I'm starin' at the screen,
G
Pretendin' like I know what all these
CD
little flashing lights mean
(oh yeah)
Verse solo:
AE / DAD / AE / DA /
DA
I gotta do some, quick readin' for the, big meetin'
DF#mC#DD#E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes
D
as long as I don't have to drive (alarm clock pause)
CHORUS:
AED
I'm gonna get my s**t together
AED
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#mB
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
GD
I gotta new computer and a
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
AD
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
ADA
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
Intro/Chorus Riff:
ADE|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------5-6-7----------------|
A|-0-3-4-5--3-------0-3-5--5/6\5-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
(Hat tip to l3l3 King)