A E
Sit around with nothin' to do
A N.C.
They say work is hell
F7              E7         A7    A
Heaven knows it just ain't true

[Verse 2]
A
Well you can punch out your boss
A
Get fired from your job
   D
Collect unemployment
D
For your own enjoyment
A
Take out the trash
     B7
Come down with a rash
E7
Pick up disease

[Verse 3]
A
Have doughnuts and coffee
A
With Colonel Khadafi
D
Write a new novel
D
That's perfectly awful
A
Buy some new work boots
E                    A
Stomp on a waffle or two

[Bridge]
       D
Take a long overdue vacation
         G
Book yourself on a flight to the moon
     E7                         A
Volunteer for a brain operation
E7                                                  A
Don't let nobody tell you that there's nothin' to do

[Guitar Solo]
A    D  E7  A

[Verse 4]
A
Well you can jump off a roof
A
Pretend you can fly
D
Maybe you'll bounce
D
Maybe you'll die
A7
Maybe you'll splat
                   E7
And flap until that

[Verse 5]
              A
Well, you can practice your bongo
A
Go to the Congo
    D
Get lost on safari
D
Ask "Where the hell are we?"
A
Speak in Swahili
     E                          A
They tell me that a lot of them do

[Guitar Solo]
A   D A   F7 E7 A7

[Verse 6]
A
Talk on the phone
A
Call up the coast
D
Call up collect
D
Dial direct
A7
Reverse the charges
                        E7
If they accept, they're home

[Verse 7]
            A
Or, you can go overseas
A
Speak Japanese
D
Buy a new Sony
     A
They make great TV's
A
Do the Watusi
E7                  A
Watch "I Love Lucy" too

[Interlude]
A   D  G  E  A N.C.

[Outro]
    E                                                 A
But don't let nobody tell you that there's nothin' to do
A
Well, well, well, well, well, well
E7                                                 E  E7  A
Don't let nobody tell you that there's nothin' to do