Eb C7 F Bb
[Verse 1]
Eb C7
They don't come to make sense, they come to take dollars
F Bb
Need a guitar player, handsome but none too smart
Eb C7
They're not here to relate, they're here to move records
F Bb Eb Bb
I'll steal and borrow and blow my way up the charts
[Chorus]
Ab Abm Eb
I think I knoow, mama, who I'm born to be
C7 F
I'm gonna be a hip cat with a big fat salary
Ab Abm Eb C7
Goodbye, Ohio, hello, Tennesseeeeeeee
F Bb Eb Bb
I am gonna work for the Nashville Record Company
[Verse 2]
Eb C7
I'll be scouting for soul, I'll be hunting for talent
F Bb
With my ear to the ground sniffing for the next big thing
Eb C7
I'd buy your bleeding heart, but it ain't in thе budget
F Bb Eb Bb
Someday I fear thеy'll replace us all with machines
[Chorus]
Ab Abm Eb
I think I know mama, who I'm born to be
C7 F
I'm gonna be a hip cat with a big fat salary
Ab Abm Eb C7
Goodbye, Ohio, hello, Tennesseeeeeeee
F Bb Eb Bb
I am gonna work for the Nashville Record Company
Play it, boys
[Kazoo Interlude]
Eb C7
F Bb
Eb C7
F Bb Eb Bb
[Chorus]
Ab Abm Eb
I think I know mama, who I'm born to be
C7 F
I'm gonna be a hip cat with a big fat salary
Ab Abm Eb C7
Goodbye, Ohio, hello, Tennesseeeeeeee
F Bb
I am gonna work for the Nashville Record
F Bb
I'm gonna work for that Nashville Record
F Bb Eb Bb Eb
I'm gonna work for the Nashville Record Company