Richard's Got A Job Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G5]Okay, whenev[G]er you're ready.
I'm [G5]ready[G][D][A][D][A][D][A][D]
[A][D]
[A]This is a s[D]ong about a[A]
[D]friend of mine
[A]something [D]good[A]
This is also a song about
[D]the [A]economy
[D]something [A]bad[D]
Got a little news and for
once [A]it was good
[Bm]Cheer up all the boys in
the neighborhood
[G5]Yeah, [D]cheers us all up,
make no mis[A]take
When [Bm]one of our buddies
get[G]s a b[G5]reak
[D]Richard got a job,
Richard got em[A]ployed
You can tell by [Bm]the way he walks
[D]he's over[G]joyed
[G5]Richard got [G]a gig, woo b[D]aby, this is big[A]
And [Bm]it's cool when the universe
gives you stuff you [G5]dig[G][G5][G]
[D]Ain't real great, just hanging [A]around
Idle [Bm]hands are the dev[G]il's playground
[G5]Time not [G]working [D]can
mess with your [A]head
Gotta find a [Bm]reason to get
your butt out of [G5]bed
[G]Richard [D]got a job,
Richard got em[A]ployed
You can [Bm]tell by the way he walks,
he's over[G]joyed
Richard got a [D]gig, woo, baby, this is [A]big
And it's cool [Bm]when the universe
gives you stuff you [G5]dig[G]
[G5]Now we'r[Gm]e going to do this[D], and [A]this, and this,
[G]an d [G5]this.[G][D][A][D][A]
[G][G5][G][G5]
[G]You got bills to [D]pay.
You need food to [A]eat.
Maybe take out a [Bm]cub.
Any [G]kind of [G5]treat.
Buy your friends [D]a cup of joe.
Catch a movie [A]or two.
Ain't it a stone cold [Bm]bitch
what the country's [G]goin' [G5]through?
[D]Well Richard got a job, Richard got a [A]boy
You can tell by the [Bm]way he walks
he's [G5]overjoyed
Richard got a dig,
[D]whoops baby [A]this is big
Ain't it cool [Bm]when the universe
gives you stuff you [G5]dig?
You know it's just part time
[Gm]But [D]he's doin'[G5] really well[G]
and I think they're [G5]gonna give him extra
[G]hours[G][D][A][D][A]
[D][Bm][A]
[D]Yeah!