Chords for Lou Rawls - It's a Tough Job (But Someobody's Got to Do It) - Newport Jazz (Official)

[N] [Db] Great afternoon.
_ [Eb] Let's continue it _ with Blue Note recording on us.
[E] A warm welcome for Mr.
Lou Rawls.
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It's a tough job, _ _ _ [G] _
somebody's got to do it well. _ _
I said it's a tough job, _ _ _ somebody's got to do it.
For years to have, [Gm] hey.
I keep talking [A] to young people.
_ _ [G] I'm talking to them every day.
_ _ _ I just want [A] them to listen to me so that [D] they won't throw their lives away.
[G] It's a tough job, well, _ _ _ somebody's got to do it, yeah.
_ _ _ I said it's a tough job, _ _ _ somebody's got to do it.
For years to have, hey.
You must understand, I'm not a superman, but I'm trying to do the best I can.
Now [Gm] it gets hard sometimes, I won't let it [G] blow my mind.
I got to be a moving man.
_ [Em] Well, I never get [Am] too much time off.
_ _ Somebody's [G] always on the phone, ring, ring, ring.
[Em] Needing [Am]
spiritual comfort _ because [D] they cannot see me get on their [Gm] own.
It's a tough job, well, _ [G] _ _ somebody's got to do it, yeah.
_ _ [C] I said it's a [G] tough job, _ _ _ somebody's got to do it.
For years to have, hey.
_ I get no time to play because I work hard every day.
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I'm trying to keep the blues away.
_ But they keep making demands and I've only got two [C] hands.
[Gm] Before I know it, the time has slipped away.
Well, now, [G] you may think I live on easy street.
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Think that [D] I'm living just like a [G] king.
_ _ _ [E] Got a whole lot of obligations.
[C] _ You see, [D] not everybody's trying to do their thing.
It's [Gm] a tough job, well, _ _ somebody's got to do it, yeah. _
_ _ I said it's a tough [G] job, _ _ _ [Gm] somebody's got to do it.
For years to have, I said it's a rough, _
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_ [Gm] _ _ tough [F] _ _ _
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_ _ job, _ but somebody's got to do it, yeah. _ _ _
I said it's a tough job, _ _ _ somebody's got to do it.
For years to have, hey.
It may be hard sometimes, _ but somebody's got to do it well, well. _
_ It may not always be fair, but somebody's got to do the job, yes they have.
_ _ _ _ Tough job, _ somebody's got to do it well. _
_ _ I said it's a tough job, somebody's got to do it, yeah. _ _