Chords for THE O'JAYS - LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
Tempo:
126.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Dm
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[D]
[C] [Dm]
Let [Am] me just sit down and relax a minute.
[Dm] tell you about it.
It's Friday, God it's Friday.
I just got made.
town.
up my lady.
[C] [Dm]
Let [Am] me just sit down and relax a minute.
[Dm] tell you about it.
It's Friday, God it's Friday.
I just got made.
town.
up my lady.
100% ➙ 127BPM
G
D
Dm
Bm
A
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Dm
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_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let [Am] me just sit down and relax a minute.
_ [G] Let me [Dm] tell you about it. _ _ _ _ _
It's Friday, _ _ _ _ _ _ God it's Friday.
_ And I just got made.
_ _ Going to 12th town.
_ _ _ Going to pick up my lady.
_ _ _ _ Have a little bit of fun.
_ _ Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
_ You _ _ _ might [Em] see me on [Dm] the east side, the west side.
I'm even going from [D] _ _ _ _ _ Beverly and down over there.
Well, well, [Dm] to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing well.
I'm partying.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I, I, I, I, _ to myself.
Well, well, I'm partying.
_ I'm _ _ _ _ just [G] a living, _ _ [D] yeah.
_ _ Living [G] for me.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I said right [D] now I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ I'm, [G] _ I'm, I'm, I'm, [D] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ [G] I'm, _ _ [Dm] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
_ _ _ I'm, [Ab] I'm, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
I'm, _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm, [D] _ _ [Bm] _
[D] I'm, _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
I put on my glad rags [A] and paint the town _ _
Livin' [Em] for [G] the weekend
[D] Right now I'm
Livin' [G] for the weekend [D] Say I'm
Livin' [Em] for the weekend
[A] So step in, I [D] bought it down
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ Bought it down
I [Em] bought it [Bm] down
Bought it down
Soon as I'm done, they'll move around [G]
again
[D] _ [Bm] Got to put all [D] that bought [A] into an end
[Em] Got to start that same old grind
With [D] those five a day weekends
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] Sometimes I get frustrated through the day _
Take off early and I cut and pay
Sometimes _ I don't really care _
Because I'm still
[A] _ _ _ [A]
Livin' [Em] [G] for the weekend
_ [D] Oh, god, [Bm] yeah
Livin' for the weekend
[D] Yeah _
Livin' [Em] for the weekend
_ [A] So step in, I bought it down
Bought it _ _ down
_ [D] I [G] bought it down
Bought [D] it _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] down
I [A]
bought [Bm] it down
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] I'm fat
_ [D] And [Bm] I'm soft
_ Too fat to cop a ride
_ _ I'm fat
_ _ [G]
I'm [Bm] sweet I'm nasty
_ [G] I'm so [D] weak [A] I'm fat
I'm a crocodile [D] _ _ [Bm] I
[D] I
[G] I I [D] _ _ [G] _ I I I _ [D] _ [G] I I I
[D] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ I [G] I
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[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ See you then my friend.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let [Am] me just sit down and relax a minute.
_ [G] Let me [Dm] tell you about it. _ _ _ _ _
It's Friday, _ _ _ _ _ _ God it's Friday.
_ And I just got made.
_ _ Going to 12th town.
_ _ _ Going to pick up my lady.
_ _ _ _ Have a little bit of fun.
_ _ Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
_ You _ _ _ might [Em] see me on [Dm] the east side, the west side.
I'm even going from [D] _ _ _ _ _ Beverly and down over there.
Well, well, [Dm] to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing well.
I'm partying.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I, I, I, I, _ to myself.
Well, well, I'm partying.
_ I'm _ _ _ _ just [G] a living, _ _ [D] yeah.
_ _ Living [G] for me.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I said right [D] now I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ I'm, [G] _ I'm, I'm, I'm, [D] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ [G] I'm, _ _ [Dm] I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
_ _ _ I'm, [Ab] I'm, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
I'm, _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm, [D] _ _ [Bm] _
[D] I'm, _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, _ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
I put on my glad rags [A] and paint the town _ _
Livin' [Em] for [G] the weekend
[D] Right now I'm
Livin' [G] for the weekend [D] Say I'm
Livin' [Em] for the weekend
[A] So step in, I [D] bought it down
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ Bought it down
I [Em] bought it [Bm] down
Bought it down
Soon as I'm done, they'll move around [G]
again
[D] _ [Bm] Got to put all [D] that bought [A] into an end
[Em] Got to start that same old grind
With [D] those five a day weekends
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] Sometimes I get frustrated through the day _
Take off early and I cut and pay
Sometimes _ I don't really care _
Because I'm still
[A] _ _ _ [A]
Livin' [Em] [G] for the weekend
_ [D] Oh, god, [Bm] yeah
Livin' for the weekend
[D] Yeah _
Livin' [Em] for the weekend
_ [A] So step in, I bought it down
Bought it _ _ down
_ [D] I [G] bought it down
Bought [D] it _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] down
I [A]
bought [Bm] it down
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] I'm fat
_ [D] And [Bm] I'm soft
_ Too fat to cop a ride
_ _ I'm fat
_ _ [G]
I'm [Bm] sweet I'm nasty
_ [G] I'm so [D] weak [A] I'm fat
I'm a crocodile [D] _ _ [Bm] I
[D] I
[G] I I [D] _ _ [G] _ I I I _ [D] _ [G] I I I
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ I [G] I
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[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ See you then my friend.
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