A5                      D5 
Well it takes four walls closin in on me, 
     E5                                A5 
To drive me out of my mind each and every day, 
A5                                                          
Workin real hard tryin to make ends meet, 
A5                D5 
Doin the best I can, 
                  A5        D5      A5 
And if I ever get a head before I'm dead, 
         E5       A5 
I'll be a lucky man  
 
Verse: 
A5 
Every mornin when I punch the clock I know this ain't the life for me, 
A5                                              E5 
I've got dreams like everyone else, places I wanna see., 
      A5                     
But life's got a way of cutting dreams into like a cold  
  D5 
sharp knife, 
            A5        D5         A5            E5              
I've gotta hold on. I've gotta be strong. I wanna change  
A5 
my life 
 
Bridge: 
E5                                      A5 
There are people to whom money's no concern. 
E5                                        A5 
It seems as thought they've got enough to burn, 
D5                           A5 
Well I don't need a lot I could use a little more than I've got, 
B5                               E5 
How many of these lessons must I learn 
 
Verse: 
A5                                                     
I've got a little girl that I love. She says she loves me too., 
A5                                                                                                  
You could search all over this great big world you'd never  
           E5 
find a love this true, 
A5                                                          
I wanna buy her a ring, I wanna buy her a house, but I'm  
                D5 
livin in a two room shack, 
      A5        D5                   A5        E5     A5   
I know I could if I could get the man from off of my back 
 
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