The Importance Of Being Idle

Intro: Am | Em (x3) Am | E | Am

Verse 1:

  Am                   Fmaj7
I sold my soul for the second time

        C              B7  E
cos the land, it don't pay me

  Am                     Fmaj7
I begged my landlord for some more time

         C                  B7   E
he said "son, the bills are wait-ing"

    Am                       Fmaj7
my best friend called me the other night

         C           B7  E
he said "man, are you cra-zy?"

   Am                    Fmaj7
my girlfriend told me to get a life

          C         B7 E
she said "boss, you la-zy"

Chorus:

Dm          Am
but I don't mind

   Dm                                Am
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

Dm      Am
i'll be fine

       Fmaj7
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit

  G                      E              E7
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it...

Instrumental:

Am | Fmaj7 | C | B7 | E

Chorus:

Dm      Am
I don't mind

   Dm                                Am
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

Dm      Am
I'll be fine

       Fmaj7
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit

  G                   E
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it...

Am | Em (x3) Am | E | Am

Verse 3:

  Am                   Fmaj7
I lost my faith in the summertime

       C          B7   E
cos it won't stop rain-ing

    Am                Fmaj7
the sky all day is as black as night

         C  B7       E
but I'm not complain-ing

  Am                   Fmaj7
I begged my doctor for one more line

         C            B7     E
he said "son... words fail - me"

   Am                   Fmaj7
it ain't no place to be killing time

        C        B7 E
I guess I'm just la-zy

Chorus:

Dm      Am
I don't mind

    Dm                               Am
as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

Dm      Am
I'll be fine

       Fmaj7
if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit

  G                      E
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it...