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[Verse 1]

G
How could this be so easy some days

G
And so hard at times when I could

C                    G
Use some help coming by my way

       D                                    G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

[Verse 2]

G
You say that I should be somebody

G
Don't you think that I'd be funny

     C                      G
In a suit and tie, a mister nine-to-five

       D                                    G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

[Bridge]

          C9
I've been racking my brain

                        G               G7 G7
Trying to find a way to make ends meet

     C9
I've painted you pictures

                     G             G7 G7
Write you songs that you can sing

            A7      D7                G
There ain't anybody else that I could be

G
Say, how long will it be now

G
How long will it be now

G
How long will it be now

G                                  C
How long will it take ‘til you can see my side

           G
I ain't no nine to five

       D                                    G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

[Accordion solo]

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[Verse 3]

G
If you could only own a mountain made of solid gold

                C
What difference would it make

                G
You'd just have more to break

      D                                    G
And I don't know why you won't take me for myself

       D                                    G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

         D                                  G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

         D                                  G
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself