Every morning bout half past eight,
My Mummer wakes me says,"Don't be late",
Get to the office, tryin' to concentrate,
    My life is just a slow train crawling up a hill.
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                       So I stop one day to figure it out,
I'll quit my job without a shadow of a doubt,
To sing the blues that I know all about,
    My life is just a slow train crawling up a hill.
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C#*           F#*
Minute after minute,
C*            Second after second,
               Hour after hour goes by,
C#*            F#*     
Working for a rich man,
C*                   
Staying just a poor man,
                Never stop to wonder why.
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So here I am in London town,
better scene I'm gonna be around,
The kind of music that won't bring me down,
My life is just a slow train crawling up a hill.

bridge: D#,D#,D#,        D#,D#,D#,
        C#* F#* C*         C#* F#* C* 
        D#,D#,D#,
Minute after minute,
Second after second,
Hour after hour goes by,
Working for a rich man,
Staying just a poor man,
Never stop to wonder why.

So here I am in London town,
better scene I'm gonna be around,
The kind of music that won't bring me down,
              C#*           Life is just a slow train crawling up a hill