Odd Job Man chords and lyrics - HARRY CHAPIN

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[Verse 1]
[G]I g[D]ive[G]
part time help
I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want
So I [Em]do what I can
[G]And I'll

[Verse 2]
tell you now
So that you will understand
You get just what you pay for
From the odd job [Em]man
[G][Em][G][Em][G][Em][G]

[Verse 3]
[Em]One day this[G] dude drives in the station[Em]
And [G]I slide out to [Em]the pump
And [G]he says,
" I need some odd [Em]jobs done
Can you [A]get off from this [F#m]dump?"
Well, I can [G]always use some

[Verse 4]
[Em]extra bread
So I [G]nod and take [Em]the job
When [G]he says,
"Clean up be[Em]fore you come
[D]I do not hire [Em]slob[E]s "
Now [Em]you can see

[Verse 5]
[A]I'm not no fan[F#m]cy pants
[A]But everyone has [F#m]pride
And espe[A]cially since this [F#m]lovely lady's
[G]Sittin' by his side
[Em]Still

[Verse 6]
[A]something keeps [F#m]my trap shut
[A]And I nod again,
[F#m]" Alright "
[A]And he gooses his Mer[F#m]cedes
And [G]he squeals off [Em]in the night[G]
[D]I give

[Verse 7]
part time [G]help
I'm the [D]odd job [G]man[Em]
I [D]can't do what I want
[G]So I d[Em]o wha[C]t I can
[Em]And I'll

[Verse 8]
[D]tell you [G]now
So that [D]you will under[G]stand
You [D]get just what [G]you pay for
[Em]From the odd [D]job [G]man
[Em][G]

[Verse 9]
[Em]
Well, [G]I find his place next [Em]morning
It's more a palace [G]than a pad[Em]
And [G]it kind of makes my [Em]pick- up truck
[A]Start looking pretty [F#m]bad
But the [G]same lady swing

[Verse 10]
[Em]s the door back
And [G]be fore one word is [Em]said
She leads me [G]to his [Em]trophy room
Where he sit[D]s with his s[E]tuffed heads

[Verse 11]
He's got this [A]list of jobs for [F#m]me to do
[A]While he's out of town
[F#m]And he says, [A]"I'm too damn busy b[F#m]oy
The [G]way I move [Em]around"

[Verse 12]
Well, [A]I start to figure prices
[F#m]when he say[A]s
"It's [F#m]time you learned
When you're [A]dealing with a gen[F#m]tleman
You [G]get just what you [Em]earn"[G]

[Verse 13]
I give [D]part time [G]help
I'm the [D]odd job [G]man
I [D]can't do what [G]I want
So I [Em]do wh[C]at I can
[Em]And I'll

[Verse 14]
[D]tell you now
[G]So that you[D] will understa[G]nd
You [D]get just what [G]you pay for
From the [D]odd job [Em]man[F#m]
[Em][F#m][Em]

[Verse 15]
[F#m][D]
[Em]I[B][Em][F#m][Em][F#m][Em][F#m]
[Em][F#m]
[B]set[Em] to w[A]or[Em]k that weekend[F#m]
And I'm [Em]fix in' up some [F#m]stairs
When [Em]I feel that someone's
[F#m]watching me
[Em]And I see she's [F#m]stand ing there
And [A]she says, "I [Am]like to watch

[Verse 16]
[B]you work
You [A]have such [Am]sup ple hand[Em]s"
[A]She says, "Can I [Bm]help you?"
[Am]And I say, [D]"Baby you can"

[Verse 17]
Well, she [Em]looks me in the eye[F#m]s, boys
[Bm]I admit I lo[Em]oked a little lower
[A]Tha[F#m]t's when she[Em] starts
breathing [D]faster
And [Em]I start working sl[A]ower

[Verse 18]
[A]You see when you have a help[Em]er
With [Am]her attit[G]ude and [Em]grace
[D]You start put[Am]tin' lots of ext[Em]ra hours
[Am]Workin' 'round the [D]place

[Verse 19]
I give part time [G]help
I'm the odd job man
I can't do [D]what I [G]want
So I do [D]what I [G]can
[Em]An d

[Verse 20]
[G]I'l[Em]l tell you now
So [G]that you will under[Em]stand
You get just what you pay for
[G]From the odd job man

[Verse 21]
Well, a [A]month had too
soon [F#m]come and gone
With [A]my odd jobs all [F#m]done
When [A]who should pull up to the [F#m]pump
But the [B]long- lost [G#m]prodigal [B]son
[G#m]And he says,

[Verse 22]
[A]
"Here's a hundred dol[F#m]lars, boy"
Pulls [A]the bill off from [F#m]his wad
[A]And he starts to hand it [F#m]over
Like [E]a gift come straight [F#]from God
[B]I say, "That's just

[Verse 23]
[G#m]a
buck an hour [B]sir"
He [G#m]says, "That's what
[B]I pay for jerks"
[G#m]Now I admit that almost [A]blew my cool
But I [F#m]staggered back to [A]work[F#]
You see [B]most times when it's

[Verse 24]
[G#m]
said and done
There's [B]justice to this life
'Cause what that man had done to [A#]me
[A]I'd done to his wife

[Verse 25]
[F#]I gi[F#m]ve par[E]t time[A] help
I'm the [E]odd [F#m]job ma[E]n[A]
I can't [F#m]do wha[A]t I want
So I [F#m]do what I can[G]
And [F#m]I'll tell

[Verse 26]
[E]you[B] now[E][A]
So that [E]you will un[F#m]der st[A]and
You [E]get just what you [A]pay for
[F#m]From the o[E]dd j[A]ob man

[Outro 1]
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