The Importance Of Being Idle

   Am Fmaj7 C  B11  E  Dm   G
e|--0---0---0---0---0---1---3---|                      
B|--1---1---1---0---0---3---3---|                      
G|--2---2---0---2---1---2---0---|                      
D|--2---3---2---1---2---0---0---|                      
A|--0---3---3---2---2---X---2---|                      
E|--0---0---0---0---0---X---3---|                      

intro: Am E (x3) (listen to the song to figure out this part)
       Am E Am
       Am

  Am                    Fmaj7
i sold my soul for the second time
         C             B11  E
cos the land, it don't pay me
   Am                    Fmaj7
i begged my landlord for some more time
          C                 B11 E
he said "son, the bills are waiting"
    Am                       Fmaj7
my best friend called me the other night
          C           B11 E
he said "man, are you crazy?"
    Am                    Fmaj7
my girlfriend told me to get a life
           C           B11 E
she said "boy, are you lazy"


Dm           Am      (you can play barre chords here)
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
i can't get a life if my heart's not in it...

(instrumental)
Am Fmaj7 C B11 - E

e|-|------------|--------------|-------------|      
B|-|------------|13-12---------|8-10-8-------|      
G|-|7-9-7-------|------14-12---|--------9-8-9| (x2) 
D|-|-------10-7-|------------14|-------------|      
A|-|------------|--------------|-------------|      
E|-|------------|--------------|-------------|      

e|-|----------------------------|      
B|-|15(B)-15(B)-15(B)-13----13--|      
G|-|---------------------14-----| (x2) 
D|-|----------------------------|      
A|-|----------------------------|      
E|-|----------------------------|      

e|-|------15------------------|      
B|-|15(B)----15(BR)-13----13--|      
G|-|-------------------14-----| (x1) 
D|-|--------------------------|      
A|-|--------------------------|      
E|-|--------------------------|      

e|-|--------------------------|      
B|-|15(B)-15(B)-15(B)-13----13|      
G|-|---------------------14---| (x1) 
D|-|--------------------------|      
A|-|--------------------------|      
E|-|--------------------------|      

e|-|------15--------------------|     
B|-|15(B)----15(BR)-13----13----|     
G|-|-------------------14-------|(x1) 
D|-|----------------------------|     
A|-|----------------------------|     
E|-|----------------------------|     

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...

(repeat intro)
Fmaj7 Am

   Am                   Fmaj7
i lost my faith in the summertime
        C         B11 E
cos it don't stop raining
    Am                 Fmaj7
the sky all day is as black as night
         C      B11 E
but i'm not complaining
   Am                  Fmaj7
i begged my doctor for one more line
          C           B11  E
he said "son... words fail me"
   Am                   Fmaj7
it ain't no place to be killing time
        C        B11 E
i guess i'm just lazy

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...

(repeat intro)

Am E  (ends with Am)