Intro: C# F# G# x2
Verse 1:
C#
So they say there's
G#
a better way to make it
C#
B 9 to 5 is the only
F#
way you'll make it
C#
But I don't know if I
G#
can take another day of this
C#
Working overtime to
G#
save up for tomorrow
C#
While all their promises
F#
keep ringing out so hollow
C#
Now they're taking all
G#
the bonuses away from me
and I've spent-
Refrain:
F#
-a fucking lifetime
C#/F G#
picking up the pieces
F#
trying to get ahead
C#/F G#/C
but I'm still defeated
F#
I never even wanted
C#
this at all anyway
Cuz it's been-
Chorus 1:
C#
-5 years
D#m C#/F
of medications
G#
5 years of
C# G#/C
accusations
A#m
5 years
F# D#m
enslaved in misery
C#
5 years
D#m C#/F
of dedication
G#/C
5 years of
aggravation
A#m
5 years
F# D#m C# F# G#
enslaved in misery
Post Chorus: B--E-F#-
Verse 2:
C#
It's all the same as
G#
we get a little older
C#
Nowhere to go and too
F#
late to start all over
C#
You're just a number
when you're working
G#
for the company
C#
So play along while
they rave about the stock
G# C#
price And pretty soon
you'll be buying into their
F# C#
lies Conformity is now
G#
rewarded with the guarantee
That I'll spend-
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
F#
Nowhere to run to and
now there's nothing
C#/F
that will make
D#m
everything be alright
F#
Once you know that
you're never as
important as the
G#
bottom line
Bass Solo: F# G# A#m C# G#/C x4, F#(hold)
whoa whoa whoa
Chorus 2:
C#
5 years
of medications
G#
5 years of
accusations
A#m
5 years
F# G#
enslaved in misery
C#
5 years
of dedication
G#
5 years of
aggravation
A#m
5 years
F# G# C# F# G#
enslaved in misery
Outro:
C# D#m C#/F
5 years 5 years
G#/C C# G#/C
5 years 5 years
A#m
5 years
F# D#m B(hold)
enslaved in misery