A
1. Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)
   A
   Still got to work that eight hour day
   D                     A      E
   Whether you like that job or not
   D
   You'd better keep it on ice
   A              E
   While you're lining up your long shot
   B             D
   Which is to say, hey hey, hey

   A   A7
R: Keep your day job
   D              D7
   Don't give it away,
   A   A7
   Keep your day job,
   D             D7
   Whatever they say
   A   F#7
   Keep your day job
   B         D     E   A    D  B7  E
   'Till your night job pays.

2. Steady boys starting that eight day hour
   Never underrate that paycheck power
   By now you know that the face on your dollar
   Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
   Which is to say, hey, hey, hey

R: Keep your day job...

3. Daddy may drive a Sting-Ray 'Vette
   Mama may bathe in champagne yet
   God bless the child that's got his own stash
   Nine to five and a place to crash
   Which is to say, hey, hey, hey

R: Keep your day job...

4. Sunday comes forget about work,
   Ring that bell for whatever it's worth.
   If you ask me, which I know you don't,
   I'd tell you to do what I know you won't
   Which is to say, hey, hey, hey