C   D   G

[Verse]
G          C            D
I become a bum when the sun goes down
  C            D                   G
I go to places where your mem'ry's not around
                    C                 D
I pick up girls and take 'em home but that ain't right
    C           D            G
But I'll do whatever gets me through the night

[Chorus]
C             D               G
I'm a perfect gentle-man from nine to five...
  C               D                G
I wear a coat and tie and act like I'm alive...
    C                 D              G                Em
But when the sun goes down I can't afford to lose the fight
   C           D            G
So I'll do whatever gets me through the night

[Break]
C   D   G

[Verse]
G                C                 D
I'm the first to get there and the last to leave
    C              D                      G
The whiskey that I go through a man would not be-lieve
                  C                D
I never touch the harder stuff but I just might
       C           D            G
'Cause I'll do whatever gets me through the night

[Chorus]
C             D               G
I'm a perfect gentle-man from nine to five...
  C               D                G
I wear a coat and tie and act like I'm alive...
    C                  D              G                Em
But when that sun goes down I can't afford to lose the fight
   C           D            G
So I'll do whatever gets me through the night
C                D            G                 D   G
I'm gonna do whatever gets me through the night