Keep Your Day Job Chords by Grateful Dead GRATEFUL DEAD - KEEP YOUR DAY JOB A Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether) A Still got to work that eight hour day D A E Whether you like that job or not D You'd better keep it on ice A E While you're lining up your long shot B D Which is to say, hey hey, hey A A7 Keep your day job D D7 Don't give it away, A A7 Keep your day job, D D7 Whatever they say A F#7 Keep your day job B D E A D B7 E 'Till your night job pays. Steady boys starting that eight day hour Never underrate that paycheck power By now you know that the face on your dollar Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar Which is to say, hey, hey, hey Chorus Daddy may drive a Sting-Ray 'Vette Mama may bathe in champagne yet God bless the child that's got his own stash Nine to five and a place to crash Which is to say, hey, hey, hey Chorus Sunday comes forget about work, Ring that bell for whatever it's worth. If you ask me, which I know you don't, I'd tell you to do what I know you won't Which is to say, hey, hey, hey