Key:
Introduction: C F G C
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand
C
Well I&rsquo m a working man but I ain&rsquo t been working
F
They say keep looking but I&rsquo ve been searching
G
Starting to think all the jobs are gone
F
I&rsquo ve been off so long I cant remember all
C
My daddy always told me son
F
If you work hard work will come
G
Well those days must have passed
F
Last months well fare saved my ass
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand
C
Well the years go by and I just get fatter
F
They cut my lights off I just get madder
G
Gave my best gears to a factory
F
Got three kids and stability
C
Now I&rsquo ve sold everything I love and I still can&rsquo t feed then
F
The skills I got the world don&rsquo t need them
G
Tell me what am I supposed to do
F
I guess I&rsquo m going back to working fast food
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand
C
Well I&rsquo m a full grown man Hi how can I help you
F
The cheese costs extra on the number three special
G
Well the customer said I was rude
F
I should smile more and lose the attitude
C
I only got one finger to give
F
I aint asking for much I&rsquo m just trying to live
G
Besides that job was minimum wage
F
80 hours a week the bills still weren&rsquo t payed
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand
C
Well one the worst parts of all
F
People keep on talking like it&rsquo s my fault
G
Like I made money of a nasty deal
F
I&rsquo m a good hearted man but if I got to steal
C
Crime that don&rsquo t come easily
F
For those of us it&rsquo s just trying to eat
G
And the same one cent my over sees
F
Will make money when they incarcerate me
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand
C
I&rsquo m broke
I ain&rsquo t joking
F
I&rsquo m bummed
Cause I&rsquo m slumming
G
And I&rsquo m down
And I&rsquo m drowning
C
And there ain&rsquo t nobody that lend me hand