( E5 ) The ( A5 ) sun is coming up I gotta drag my butt out of bed ( E5 ) My ( A5 ) phone is ringing boss is screaming "Where the hell you at?" ( E5 ) I ( B5 ) grab a cup of coffee Tell him it won't be too long But he don't ( A5 ) know I'm waiting for something better to come along ( E5 ) (Chorus) There's gotta be ( A5 ) something better than 9 to 5 Every day barely gettin' by ( E5 ) Working, slaving, always aching Way too young for my back to be breaking ( A5 ) Waiting on that rainbow Tell me where's that pot of ( B5 ) gold? ( E5 ) ( A5 ) Everyone is laughing from a distance when they see me clocking in ( E5 ) Well they'll ( A5 ) all be here in 20 years Cussing about the same old things ( E5 ) They ( B5 ) stay there like a slave and wake up at the break of dawn They don't ( A5 ) know I'm waiting for something better to come along ( E5 ) Chorus ( A5 - E5 - A5 - B5 ) Chorus Well I ( A5 ) take her out on Friday because my baby likes to paint the town ( E5 ) The ( A5 ) way she treats her man makes me think about settling down ( E5 ) I ( B5 ) told her that I love her She said let's just hold on Man I ( A5 ) think she's waiting on something better to come along ( E5 ) Yeah Here she comes Ah let's go