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Alienation's For The Rich
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: A Flat Major
Year: 1985

  Capo 1
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 Ab
 I gotta   get a   job                 I got to  get   some  pay              my
 
 Db
 son's gotta go to art school,      he's leaving   in three days         and the
 
 Ab
 TV is in Esperanto                 you  know that that's a bitch         because
 
 Bbm                                     Db                  Eb
 alienation's       for the rich    and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day
 
 Ab
                             a hey  hey  hey
 
 (Instrumental; play Ab and lead in to last verse on an F chord)
 
 
 Bb
 I ain't  feeling   happy      about the state of  things in my life     but I'm 
 
 Eb
 working to make it better        with a six  of   Miller  High   Life      just
 
 Bb
 drinking and     a-drivin',      makin' sure my   dues get  paid        because
 
 Cm                                      Eb                  F
 alienation's        for the rich   and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day
 
 Bb
                             a hey  hey  hey

For live versions:

G
I gotta   get a   job                 I got to  get   some  pay              my

C
son's gotta go to art school,      he's leaving   in three days         and the

G
TV is in Esperanto                 you  know that that's a bitch         because

Am                                      C                   D
alienation's       for the rich    and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day

G
                            a hey  hey  hey

(Repeat above chord progression for verse 2 and 2nd refrain)

(Instrumental; play G and lead in to last verse on an E chord)


A
I ain't  feeling   happy      about the state of  things in my life     but I'm 

D
working to make it better        with a six  of   Miller  High   Life      just

A
drinking and     a-drivin',      makin' sure my   dues get  paid        because

Bm                                      D         E         A
alienation's        for the rich   and  I'm       feelin'   poorer    every day

A
a hey  hey  hey (x3)


 
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