Blue Job Chords

John Edmond - Blue Job
 
 
 
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Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
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I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
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But I'll be a brown job until I die
     G                     C
With 10 years to go in the RLI
 
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    G                      C
The sergeant that signed me up
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Had a face like the back of a truck
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A tattoo on his knee
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And legs like a mugla tree
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And the medic that did my test
           G              C
He left me standing in my vest
         F             C
And then when I didn't see
   G(hold)                 C
He stabbed me with the T.A.B.
 
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Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
  G                        C
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
    F                     C
But I'll be a brown job until I die
     G                     C
With 10 years to go in the RLI
 
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            G              C
Down at the quarter master store
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I said I'd take size 4
     G                  C
They gave me size 3 for sports
         G                C
It was a pair of open leg shorts
      F                 C
I was in the cook house queue
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Waiting for my beans and stew
    F                  C
The cook just winks at me
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And slips the blue stone in my tea
 
 
            C                     G
Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
  G                        C
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
    F                     C
But I'll be a brown job until I die
     G                     C
With 10 years to go in the RLI
 
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Standing on parade
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Never get a bit of shade
G                  C
Out in the blazing sun
         G              C
With the temperature of 101
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And you know there is nothing worse 
     G                 C
Than doing the assault course
         F                C
When the sweat is running free
       G(hold)                  C
And it smells like a chibuli
 
            C                     G
Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
  G                        C
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
    F                     C
But I'll be a brown job until I die
     G                     C
With 10 years to go in the RLI
 
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         G                 C
We had a contact the other day
        G               C
But the terrors all ran away
        G              C
We were firing the M.A.G.
         G                 C
from the hip like Audie Murphy
        G                  C
So if I go up in a puff of smoke
     G                   C
It's better than being a slow
     G                C
Or a fuzz from the PSAP
    G                   C
I'd very much rather be me
 
 
            C                     G
Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky
  G                        C
I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly
    F                     C
But I'll be a brown job until I die
     G                     C
With 10 years to go in the RLI
 
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