[*Guitar intro - see tab below]

[Intro]:  Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D   
          Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D


Gm                Bb           
Just left school, nice and clean 
C          Eb  D Gm     Bb  C  Eb  D
Power tool man machine 
Gm          Bb
Steady job, nine to five 
C             Eb    D Gm    Bb  C  Eb  D
Wonder if I'm still a-live 
Eb     F       Bb
I'm completely bored 
Eb      F    Bb
Nationally insured 
Eb      F      Bb
Life is not so hard 
Bb        C          Dsus4  D
When they stamp your card 


C7
9 to 5 pollution blues 
F7
Only got my soul to lose 
Bb7
Wish I didn't have to choose 
Dsus4         D          Gm 
Standing in a dead man's shoes 

[Interlude]:
    Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D
    Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D


   Gm               Bb
My armpits smell my breath is bad 
  C                Eb   D  Gm   Bb  C  Eb  D
I look like hell I feel so sad 
Gm             Bb
Rotten fruit between my toes 
C            Eb D  Gm    Bb  C  Eb  D
In my suit I de-compose 
Eb       F     Bb
Standing on my own 
   Eb          F       Bb
My flesh comes off the bone 
   Eb       F    Bb
My boiled potato brain 
Bb       C        Dsus4   D
Tells me that I'm sane 


C7
9 to 5 pollution blues 
F7
Only got my soul to lose 
Bb7
Wish I didn't have to choose 
Dsus4         D          Gm     
Standing in a dead man's shoes 


[Instr - repeat 4X]:  
          Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D
          Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D


Gm           Bb
Soon be old, when I die 
 C              Eb  D Gm    Bb  C  Eb  D
Another mold, a new supply 
Gm             Bb
See no future, no escape 
C             Eb  D    Gm     Bb  C  Eb  D
Mother nature changing shape 
    Eb       F     Bb
The day that I was born 
  Eb     F    Bb
A number on a form 
Eb        F      Bb
Said that I'd arrived 
    Bb      C   Dsus4   D
And must be utilized 


C7
9 to 5 pollution blues 
F7
Only got my soul to lose 
Bb7
Wish I didn't have to choose 
Dsus4         D          Gm     Bb   C 
Standing in a dead man's shoes 
     Eb   D     Gm     Bb   C
In a dead man's shoes
     Eb   D     Gm     Bb   C
In a dead man's shoes
     Eb   D     Gm     Bb   C   Eb   D
In a dead man's shoes

Gm   Bb   C   Eb   D

[Repeat and fade]



NB:
     *Guitar intro (tab):  
     (Play twice)


    Gm                      Bb  
E----------------------------------------------------
B-------------------11----------------------11-------
G-------10--12--10------12------10--12--10------12---
D---12----------------------12-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
 <  D   F   G   F   Bb  G   D   F   G   F   Bb  G  >


    C                       Eb              D  
E----------------------------------------------------
B-------------------11------13--11-------------------
G-------10--12--10------12----------12--10--12-------
D---12-----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
 <  D   F   G   F   Bb  G   C   Bb  G   F   G  >


-Chords are shown above tab, actual notes played are written below tab.
-Chords shown are omitted the first time through for the introduction.
-This can be used throughout the song wherever the Gm -> Bb -> C -> Eb -> D
 chord sequence occurs.