Key: G
Introduction: G G
G
"He told it to the monkeys and they didn't talk back,
G
then he told the old iguana and he didn't attack".
G Em C7
stay in school, don't be a fool, but I had to see what life was about.
Pre-Chorus
G F
So, I went to Biloxi, seekin' fortune and fame,
C Cm
I got hired, I got fired, I got called dirty names.
G Em C7 D G
You'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
G Em C7 D
You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.
Interlude
G Em C7 D G
I knew I needed representation and I found it one night in a bar.
G Em C
He was a bondsman and a part-time agent and he said that he would make me a star.
G F
He said', "Aaaah, you don't have to be that good to make it out in Hollywood,
C Cm
you just have to change and complain".
G Em C7 D G
Or you'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
G Em C7 D G
You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.
Solo
B7 Em
I parked cars at the Rainbow, I sold maps of the stars,
B7 Em
I got my nose broke in Spago's when I puked on the bar.
A D7
And all I played's a double bar mitzvah,
A D7
Bubba played a double bar mitzvah!)
Pre-Chorus
G F C Cm
It's a jungle out there, hell, I don't care, I'm going back to my predator friends.
G Em C7 D G
I will never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
G Em C7 D G
No, I'll never (never), no never (never), never work in this bidness again.
G Em C7 D G
You'll never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
Outro
G
"Ah, relax, where do you think you're going with dat suitcase?"
G
"I'm outta here!" "You're leaving?! Vat about my fifteen percent?"
G
"15 Percent of nothin' is nothin'!" "Young man, you leave now and you'll never"
G
"I'll never..." "You'll never..." "Work in dis..." "Bizness..." "Bidness..."
G
"AGAIN!!"