Got a Job - The Miracles
Composers: B. Gordy, T. Carlo
Label:End Records
Released 1958, the Miracles first release (an answer to the silhouettes "Get a job" )
Original key: Bb
Capo III
G
Walked all day till my feet were tired,
C
I was low, I just couldn't get hired,
G
Saw a sign in a grocery store,
C
"Help is slight and we need some more"
G
I got a job Sha na na na, sha na na na
I got a job Sha na na na, sha na na na
C
I got a job Sha na na na, sha na na na
G
I got a job Sha na na na, sha na na na
D C G
Oh well, I finally finally finally finally finally got a job
G
Sha na na na, sha na na na
G
You've been houndin' me to get a job
G
Well I finally did and the boss is a slob
C
He's on my back nearly all day long
G
It seems like everything I do is wrong
D C G
Well, I finally finally finally finally finally got a job
G
Sha na na na, sha na na na
G
He says to me
G
"Get the boxes, take 'em to the basement
G
Do the job right or I'll get a replacement
C7
Get the mop and clean the dirty floor
G
and when you're finished wipe the windows and the doors"
D C G
I finally finally finally finally finally got a job
G
Sha na na na, sha na na na
C
Well, this man's about to drive me stone insane
G
One of these days I'm gonna have a fit
C
and though the boss keeps a-runnin' through my brain
D G
I'll never never never never never never quit my brand new job
G
Workin' all day and workin' all night and workin' all day and night
Instrumental:
G C G D G
G
He says to me
G
"Get the boxes, take 'em to the basement
G
Do the job right or I'll get a replacement
C7
Get the mop and clean the dirty floor
G
and when you're finished wipe the windows and the doors"
D C G
I finally finally finally finally finally got a job
G
Sha na na na, sha na na na
C
Well, this man's about to drive me stone insane
G
One of these days I'm gonna have a fit
C
and though the boss keeps a-runnin' through my brain
D G
I'll never never never never never never quit my brand new job
G
Workin' all day and workin' all night and
G
workin' all day and working all night and
G
workin' all day and working all night (fade)