This rockin' bluegrass song is from John Flanagan's 2018 album Honest Man. I like to replace the banjo line with "Play uku(D)lele every day". You might also like to adjust the last verse to suit your circumstances.
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I
Awish I could stay
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And play my
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But there’s
Aalways something to complain a
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Instead I’m
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Trying to
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‘Cause
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Abroke I’m only
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Dwork to earn my pay
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‘Cause there’s
Aalways something to complain a
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When I’m
Aworking I’m just
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For more
Dtime to rest and
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There’s
Aalways something
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Dknow I could com
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Till that last
Atrain comes rolling in
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But In
B7truth I know I’m happier darlin’
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E7Than I’ve ever been
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But there’s
Aalways something
E7to complain a
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Some
Apeople have real
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They don’t
Dget to pick and choose
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There’s
Aalways something to complain a
E7bout
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Some
Apeople just love
A7moaning
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With the
Dfirst world problem
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There’s
Aalways something
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I know
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D7toot
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Right through the
Ahoot - of that night
A7owl
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I
B7know there’s nothing wrong
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I’m just a
E7dog that loves to howl
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I’m a
Astraight middle-class
A7white man
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F#m
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And yet
AI’ll find something
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AI’ll find something
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Lyrics are the property and copyright of their owners, and are provided here for educational purposes only.
John Flanagan