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Date:  May 8, 2000

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Written by: David Allen Coe



     TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT   Johnny Paycheck





CHORUS



n.c.                       

Take this job and shove it    

              

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-3------------      Bb                       F

--------------      I ain't working here no more

F                    Dm                  G              C

Woman done left and took all the reasons I was working for

F                                                  Bb              F

You better not to try to stand in my way as I'm a-walking out the door

Bb                  F          C                    F

Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more.





(This is played before each verse.)

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--3---1-2-3-3-1---

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F                                  Bb                    F

I've been working in this factory  For nigh on fifteen years

Bb                                 F                    C

All this time I watched my woman drowning in a pool of tears

     F                                   Bb                     F 

And I've seen a lot of good folk die who had a lot of bills to pay

Bb                        F              C                    F   Bb F

I'd give the shirt right off of my back if I had the guts to say



Go to chorus

(play above before this verse)



F                                         Bb               F

Well that foreman he's a regular dog the line boss he's a fool

Bb                 F             C

Got a brand new flattop haircut Lord he thinks he's cool

F                                                  Bb               F

One of these days I'm gonna blow my top and that sucker he's gonna pay

Bb                    F                      C                G

Lord I can't wait to see their faces when I get the nerve to say...



Go to chorus



ENDING:

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------------    Bb                 F        C    F 

------------   Take this job and shove it 



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