Chords for Paul Collins - I Don't Fit In & "Work-A-Day World" (European Solo Tour 2017)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Playing a [C] song on the telephone.
[D] _
_ And a [Bm] little bit later I was [Gm] living in New York [C] City _ [Gb] and I was at Max's Kansas [Eb] City.
Remember Max's [F] Kansas City?
_ _ [B] _ And I was coming home and it was [Eb] very late at night.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ And this is [D] back in the day [B] before people [Gb] would go to New York for vacation because
it was very dirty and [Eb] dangerous and dark.
[Gbm] _ And Max's Kansas [Dm] City was in Union [G] Square and I was [Am] walking down 14th Street [B] and it
was very dangerous.
I don't care.
I [Eb] don't care.
It's [Eb] okay.
_ _ It's a palapobo. _ _
_ [E] So I'm walking down the street [E] and it's [B] much more dangerous than, they say Marseille is very dangerous.
[C] I don't know.
It doesn't look dangerous but it was very dangerous.
_ So I was all by myself and I was scared.
[Bm] So, it's okay.
It's okay.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
I've [Eb] been doing this all my life.
It's okay.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ So, thank you.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm [F] sorry.
_ _ _ [G] _ I wish I could speak better French but I can't.
But I'm going to tell [Db] you my story in English hoping that some of you will understand me.
[G] And I'll try to keep it short.
Anyway, a bus [D] goes by.
You understand that.
[Db] And everybody in the bus looked, I was all [Eb] by myself walking down the street and I was scared.
And everybody looked at me as the bus went by.
[D] I saw all their eyes watching me.
[G] _ [Eb] Why are they looking at me?
[B] So I wrote this song.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Should I dress up or do a dress down?
_ Should I talk or should I just frown?
[D] I [E] [A] don't fit in.
_ _ _ I [E] don't [A] fit in with the crowd.
[G] My hometown friend.
_ All the cats who are _ _ suckin'.
I [E] don't fit in. _
_ [G] _ Doesn't matter what town I'm in.
[E] I'm always on the outside lookin' [A] in.
But someday [Em] _ [G] everything's gonna change.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
I [A] don't fit in.
I try to work [B] it out. _
I don't [A] fit in.
No matter what town [B] I'm in.
I [A] don't fit in.
_ _ [B] _
I don't fit in with the [G] crowd.
My hometown [A] friend.
All the [G] cats who are suckin'.
[A] _ [E] I don't [A] fit in.
_ _ [G] I try and try to work it out.
[E] _ I'm lazy, but I'm losing out.
[D] But [E] someday [B] everything's [G] gonna change.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ I don't [A] fit in.
I try to work it [B] out.
I don't [A] fit in.
No matter what town [B] I'm in.
Baby, I wanna [A] know how you're gonna treat me, babe.
[B] You're gonna tear my heart [A] out and make me cry.
[B] _ You're gonna tell me [A] that I'm no good at all.
[B] I don't need a accountant.
[A] I don't know who you are.
[B] I try to talk to you, [A] baby, but you act so far, [B] far away.
_ _ [A] Yeah, you know [B] that.
I don't [A] fit in.
No, no, [B] no.
I don't [A] fit in. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ I [A] don't fit in.
_ [G] _ _ Doesn't matter what town I'm in.
[E] I'm always on the outside lookin' [D] in.
But someday [A] _ [G] everything's gonna change. _ _
But I wanna know [B] where.
_ _ _ [A] _
Woo!
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Yeah! Yeah!
_ _ Yeah!
Woo!
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ When I [Bm] was in [A] Los Angeles,
and I [E] was actually parking cars at a French [F] restaurant.
_ I think it was [G] called Le Cirque, or something like that.
Very fancy, very expensive.
And I would park the cars for people like _
[E] Sophia Loren and Laura [C] Hutton,
and [Eb] lots of very famous people.
_ And I wrote this song.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] I've just got to find a way.
I just go to work and say
They say that what I need is _ [G] responsibility.
_ Responsibility, it's just a game.
Hey, get to work with [E] me.
Who is he anyway?
Well, I just gotta get [A] away.
My day is far away.
Probably seems the same to me.
Tomorrow I'm a-rangin'.
I'll be back in [G] four to three.
Keepin' my way around.
Feelin' like I'm in the cloud.
[E] I don't know what to say.
I just gotta get [G] away.
[B] From the [D] workaday world. _
[G] _ It's [E] a workaday world. _
[G] _ Ain't my workaday _ world.
Yeah!
_ _ [A] _ And nine [G] to five.
_ _ [A] _ It seems [G] to take so _ [A] _ long.
Nine [G] to five.
_ _ [A] _ _ What [G] do I get to take on?
I get to take on.
[E] Get to take on.
_ Let's [A] go! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] I've just got to find a way.
I just [F] go to work and say
They [A] say that what I need is _ [G] responsibility.
_ Responsibility, it's just a game.
Hey, get to work with [E] me.
Who is he anyway?
Well, I just gotta [G] get away.
[A] From the workaday world. _ _
[G] _ [E] It's a [D] workaday world.
_ [G] _
_ [E] Ain't my workaday world. _ _
Yeah!
_ _ [A] _ And I don't [G] want to think about
[A] _ _ All the [G] things I could have [A] done.
_ I [G] don't want to think _ about
[A] _ _
All [G] the time that's gone.
The time that's [E] gone.
The time that's gone.
[Bm] Get back, get back.
Ain't my [G] workaday.
[A] It's a [D] workaday world.
It's a [G] workaday world.
Ain't my [D] workaday world.
_ [G] _ _ [E] It's a workaday world.
_ It's a workaday world.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow! _
[F] Woo! _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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