E F Bb F C7 F C7 F

[Verse 1]
C7             F
You tasted the porridge
C                                      F
And ran before the grizzlies took your life
C                 F
But you tried to ignore it
                          C               F
The yen that wreathes the corners of your mind?


[Chorus]
Bb               Gm
All you said you wanted
         F
Was some time alone to look over the Treaty of Versailles
Bb                 C
But all you really wanted
      F
Was a 9 to 5
           C            F  C  F
To pay the bills on time


[Verse 2]
C7                F
You dug from the storage
C                                   F
A tapestry that could not weave to scale
C                        F
Your shoes stuck to the mortgage
     C                             F
Like zebra muscles sticking to the shale (shale!)


[Chorus]
Bb               Gm
All you said you wanted
         F
Was some time alone to look over the Treaty of Versailles
Bb                 C
But all you really wanted
      F
Was a 9 to 5
           C7           F  C7  F
To pay the bills on time

[Bridge]
           C7           F  C  Dm
To pay the bills on time
Dm Bb         Gm F
("Oh!" scream)
F                                Bb C F
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

[Chorus]
Bb               Gm
All you said you wanted
         F
Was some time alone to reassess your life
Bb             C
All you really wanted
      F
Was a 9 to 5
N.C.
To pay the bills on time