Lazy Man’s Blues

Lazy Man’s Blues
Copyright: 2011 by Keith Birmingham
Key of A or  G, about 125 bpm, in 4/4 time.
G
You say your gonna own a mansion
             C                G
Sittin’ high upon a hill,
            C                   G
Overlookin’ all the people,
                G                      D
That you pay to do your will.

                 C                  G
But, you haven’t got a job,
                      C                  G
And, you’ve never paid a bill..
       C                       G
So, how you gonna buy
           D                  G
That mansion on a hill.

G
Well, you say your brother Johnny
              C         G
He is a selfish man.
                  C                     G
And, you say your sister Mary,
                   G               D
She won’t give you a hand.

                 C                  G
But, you haven’t got a job,
                      C                  G
And, you’ve never paid a bill..
       C                       G
So, how you gonna buy
           D                  G
That mansion on a hill.

G
It’s time for you to get up
              C                        G
You’ve got some bills to pay.
                  C                                    G
Well, it’s time you paid your dues man.
                 G                               D
And, it’s time you earned your way.

                  C                  G
Well, you haven’t got a job,
                      C                  G
And, you’ve never paid a bill..
       C                       G
So, how you gonna buy
           D                  G
That mansion on a hill.

                 C                  G
‘Cause you haven’t got a job,
                      C                  G
And, you’ve never paid a bill..
       C                       G
So, how you gonna buy
           D                  G
That mansion on a hill.

Repeat and fade.