The importance of being idle    (intro)    (midi)

 

    Am - Em (3x)  - Am - E - Am        - Am - G - Am ~

 

      Am                            F                                 C             B7  E

1. I sold my soul for the second time, cos the man don't pay me.

       Am                                 F

    I begged my landlord for some more time,

                     C                        B7E

    he said, "Son the bills are waiting".

           Am                                  F                                  C                  B7E

    My best friend called me the other night, he said, "Man, are you crazy"

          Am                           F                               C           B7E

    My girlfriend told me to get alive, she said, "Boy - you lazy."

 

Dm                Am         Dm                                                 Am

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine.

Dm        Am             F

    I'll be fine, if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit,

        G                              E                      - E7

     I can't get alive if my heart's not in it.

 

 

+ instrumental = verse 1

 

+  CHORUS         + Am - Em (3x)  - Am - E - Am       

 

           Am                         F                               C             B7 E

3. I've lost my faith in the summer time, cos it don't stop raining.

           Am                       F                                 C           B7E

    The sky all day is as black as night, but I'm not complaining.

       Am                              F                                     C                B7  E

    I begged my doctor for one more line, he said, "Son - words fail me.

        Am                          F                               C         B7E

    It ain't no place to be killing time."  I guess I'm just lazy.

 

+ CHORUS            + Am - Em (3x)  - Am - E - Am       

 

    (Oasis)