Tom Waits - I Cant Wait To Get Off Work

| Cmaj7 – D#maj7 | – | Cmaj7 – D#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 – D#maj7 | – | Cmaj7 |
| Dm7 – Gsus7 | – | Am – Am7/G | – | D9 | – | G6 | – | G7 |

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well , i don’t mind working cause i used to be jerkin’ off
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most of my time in the bars
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i’ve been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda fountain jock jerk
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and a manic mechanic on cars
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it’s nice work if you can get it – now , who the hell said it
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i got mo – ney to spend on my gal
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but the work never stops and i’ll be busting my chops
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working for joe and sal

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and i can’t wait to get off work and see my baby
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she said she’d leave the porch light on for me
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i’m disheveled , i’m disdainful and i’m distracted and it’s painful
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but this job sweeping up here is gainfully employing me to – night

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tom do this! tom do that! tom , don’t do that
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count the cash , clean the oven , dump the trash , oh your lovin’
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is a rare and a copasetic gift
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and i’m a moonlight watchmanic – it’s hard to be romantic
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sweeping up over by the cigarette machine
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sweeping up over by the cigarette machine

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i can’t wait to get off work and see my baby
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she’ll be waiting up with a magazine for me
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clean the bathrooms , clean ’em good
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oh my lovin’ , i wish you would – come down here and sweep me off my feet
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this broom will have to be my baby
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if i hurry , i just might get off before the da – wns early light