Chords for Stan Ridgway - "I Wanna Be A Boss" (1992)

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[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Well, I've been doodling on this [G] notepad and I'm gonna take a telephone [D] call.
I can tell this [C] job's at the end [G] of the line and I'm ready for the fall.
[D] But I've been watching the boss carefully [G] and he always seems to be having a [D] ball.
And then I scratch my [C] head and wonder [G] why I'm down here and he's up the [D] hall. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] Now all of my paychecks [A] aren't [G] worth the paper they're printed [D] on.
I get them Friday, [G] but Monday they're all gone.
[D] There must be [C] some way [G] to change my situation.
[D] It's time that I took up [G] a brand new vocation.
[A] I wanna take a two [G]-week vacation 26 times a year.
I'm gonna add [A] them up when I fly to exotic [F] places.
My check will be a million.
[A] I'll need several [E] [F] secretaries just to jot down notes.
[E] I'll wear Gucci loafers and expensive shirts and blue and [G] secondhand exotic coats.
_ [D] Cause I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] I wanna be a [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] boss.
I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] And I'll have people working [C] under me [G] in this last job I'll toss.
[D] I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] While driving fancy [G] cars, well no maybe I'll just cruise.
[D] With a limo and a chauffeur, [G] TV, telephone and booze.
[D] Hidden windows [C] so the [G] common folk can't see me here [D] inside.
Maybe every now and then for fun [G] I'll get some old cougar ride.
[A] Then maybe I'll [G] slip on a thousand dollar bill.
_ [A] Then I'll smile and shake my [F] hand and I'll put it in my will.
[A] I'm gonna count up [Bm] all my [F] bridges and digits and all my stuff.
[G] I'll make millions in a day [E] but it'll never be enough.
_ Nope, [G] not enough.
_ [D] Cause I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] I just wanna take a [C] full [G] lunch and eat a steak with A1 [D] sauce.
I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] And I'll buy a fair price [C] Dr.
[G] Riggs from ITG to Dr.
[D] Ross.
I, I [G] said I wanna be a boss.
[D] I wanna be a boss.
[C] Yeah!
[G] I wanna be a boss.
[D] Now if I find a product I [G] like I'll buy up the whole company.
[D] I'll shave my face and [C] grin and [G] smile and then I'll sell it on TV.
[Bm] And everyone will know me.
[G] I'll be more famous than Howard Hughes.
[Bm] I'll grow a long beard and [G] watch Ice Station Zebra in the nude.
[D] And _ [G] that's you.
Keep a roll of specimen [D] jars.
Get other people to [G] work for me.
Well, maybe I'll buy the planet [D] Mars and build an amusement park up [G] there.
Better than old Walt's place.
[D] You'll have to be a billionaire.
[C] [G] Though we'll smoke cigars and lounge in [D] lace.
Pop the clock, a business [G] man and bosses that we are.
[D] So here's to me, the [C] drinks are [G] free.
Cause I just bought this bar.
[D] _ Yeah, yeah.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Wanna be a boss?
[G] I wanna be a boss.
I, I _ [D] _ _ _
[G] said I wanna be a boss.
Some [D] kind of, the haters are [C] like, [G] boss.
I wanna be a boss.
_ [D] I wanna be a boss.
I [G] wanna be a boss.
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[G] I wanna be a boss.
I wanna be a boss.
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