Bright Future in Sales - Fountains of Wayne
Intro/Chorus Riff (x2)
A E
Sleepin' on a planner at the port authority,
D A D
waitin' for my bus to come,
A E
Seven scotch and sodas at the office party
D A
Now I don't remember where I'm from
D
I think I had a black wallet
A D
In my back pocket, with a bus ticket
F#m C# D D# E
And a picture of my baby inside
D
And if I make it home alive
CHORUS:
A E D
I'm gonna get my s**t together
A E D
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#m B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
G D
I gotta new computer and a
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
A E
Headin' for the airport on a misty morning
D A D
Gonna catch a flight to Baltimore
A E
Try to kill an hour with a whiskey-sour
D A
If there's time I might have just one more
D A
I gotta do some, quick readin' for the, big meetin'
D F#m C# D D# E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes
D
as long as I don't have to drive
CHORUS:
A E D
I'm gonna get my s**t together
A E D
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#m B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
G D
I gotta new computer and a
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
E
I had a line on a brand new account
Bm
But now I can't seem to find where I wrote that number down,
E
I try to focus, I'm starin' at the screen,
G
Pretendin' like I know what all these
C D
little flashing lights mean
(oh yeah)
Verse solo:
A E / D A D / A E / D A /
D A
I gotta do some, quick readin' for the, big meetin'
D F#m C# D D# E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes
D
as long as I don't have to drive (alarm clock pause)
CHORUS:
A E D
I'm gonna get my s**t together
A E D
‘Cuz I can't live like this forever,
F#m B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail
G D
I gotta new computer and a
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),
A D A
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah
Intro/Chorus Riff:
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D|------------5-6-7----------------|
A|-0-3-4-5--3-------0-3-5--5/65-3-|
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(Hat tip to l3l3 King)