E5   A5   B5   E5 
 
E5          A5 
61st floor way downtown, 
E5 
From cubicle 423 
               B5 
You can't see what's coming down 
    E5 
The mail lady brings a pink slip 
       A5 
And an empty box for my desk 
       E5             A5             B5      E5 
Says, "Pack what you brought leave us the rest." 
 

E5 
Down in the parking garage I pray my truck starts again 
E5                             B5 
When the CEO passes me in his new Mercedes Benz 
     E5 
He's toking on a Cuban 
           A5 
While mine blows out the tailpipe 
E5        A5              B5        E5 
Some get rich while the rest get by 
    A5 
The rich keep getting richer, but I keep staying poor 
    E5 
I'm working this overtime to help event the score 
   A5 
It feels like I'm working towards the welfare line, 
F#5                  B5 
But someday I'll get mine  
The big boss man and his jolly pirate crew 
Were watching and planning 
And plotting to get away with the loot 
So clever and so quiet, 
Wall Street never heard a sound 
They grabbed the last piece of gold as the ship went down 
 
Now there's handcuffs jangling against a Rolex watch 
And a squad car at the palace there to chauffeur him off 
But, you know, I'll bet some poor working stiff gets stuck serving the time 
Cause some get rich while the rest get by 
 
(Chorus) 
 
I met up with old Saint Peter there 
At the Great Pearly Gates 
He told my old boss in front of me, 
"Sir you'll have to wait." 
Then he waved me on through and he winked his eye 
He told me, "Some get rich while the rest get by."