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I Went To Work

from Delightful Decade by Placebo Cure

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This is a song about a man reminiscing his working life.

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I Went To Work (c) Darryl John 2016

Capo on 3 Intro: G-Em-Am-D
Verse 1:
(G) When I got married
(Em) Twenty years ago
(Am) I never thought this was
(D) How my life would go

Verse 2:
(G) Paying off a mortgage
(Em) And the school fees
(Am) I visit my banker down
(D) On bended knees

Chorus:
(E) But I went to work today
(A) Just to earn my pay
(D) Seems like I do this
(G) Each and every (G7) day
(C) There seems no meaning
(G) In my weary (Em) life
So I (C) went to work to-(D)-day
Just to please my (G) wife (Em-Am-D-G)

Verse 3:
(G) From seven ‘til four
(Em) Five days a week
(Am) A much better life
(D) Is all that we should seek

Verse 4:
(G) On my annual leave
(Em) Three weeks a year
(Am) We get to holiday
(D) Through the Christmas cheer

Chorus:
(E) But I went to work today
(A) Just to earn my pay
(D) Seems like I do this
(G) Each and every (G7) day
(C) There seems no meaning
(G) In my weary (Em) life
So I (C) went to work to-(D)-day
Just to please my (G) wife (Em-Am-D-G)

Verse 5:
(G) When my time is over
(Em) I’ll look forward to
(Am) Gold watch and a handshake
(D) And a pat on the back too

Verse 6:
(G) Living on the pension
(Em) In my old age
(Am) Only thing to remember is
(D) We did it for a wage

Final Chorus:
(E) But I went to work today
(A) Just to earn my pay
(D) Seems like I do this
(G) Each and every (G7) day
(C) There seems no meaning
(G) In my weary (Em) life
So I (C) went to work to-(D)-day
Just to please my (G) wife (G7)
So I (C) went to work to-(D)-day
Just to please my (G) wife (Em-Am-D-G)

credits

from Delightful Decade, released July 20, 2020
Contributing artist: Darryl John using BIAB.
Recorded at Daremba Records, Ballarat Victoria Australia.
Mixed and mastered by Darryl John.

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Placebo Cure was founded by singer/songwriter/guitarist Darryl John in 2009. All songs on the Thistle Fixit and Wattle Fixya albums were written and produced by Darryl John and included people such as Clayton Morrison, Matt Collins, John Leary, Shane Collins, Torie Paige, Steve Porter, Johnny Walther, Rob Toogood, Glenn Succho and David Hill. ... more

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