The 1998 punk rock song “Why Don’t You Get a Job” was a huge international hit for Offspring and is a really fun and easy tune to play for beginners.
Enjoy practising with the letter notes below 🙂
A A G F G – A
My friends got a girlfriend
G F G F F
Man he hates that bitch
A A G G-A-F-G
He tells me everyday
A A G F G-A G-F G F F
He says “Man I really gotta lose my chick
D F A G F F
In the worst kind of way”
A A G F G
She sits on her ass
A G F G F F F
He works his hand to the bone
A A A G – F G – F F – G
To give her money every payday
D A A G F-G-A
But she wants more dinero
G F G F F
Just to stay at home
F G A F G-F F
Well my friend, you gotta say…
F G A F G A A
I won’t pay, I won’t pay ya
A Bb-A-G-A
No way ~
A – A G F G A G F
Na-na why don’t you get a job
F G A F G A A
Say no way, say no way ya
A Bb-A-G-A
No way ~
A – A G F G A G F
Na-na why don’t you get a job
A A G F G – A
I guess all his money
G F G-F F-F
Well it isn’t enough
A A A G F – G – A F G
To keep her bill collectors at bay
A A G F G – A
I guess all his money
G F G-F F – F
Well it isn’t enough
F F A G F – G – F F
Cause that girls got expensive taste
F G A F G A A
I won’t pay, I won’t pay ya
A Bb-A-G-A
No way ~
A – A G F G A G F
Na-na why don’t you get a job
F G A F G A A
Say no way, say no way ya
A Bb-A-G-A
No way ~
A – A G F G A G F
Na-na why don’t you get a job!