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Well, I had (G)just got out from the coun ty pris on, do in’ (D7)nine ty days for non sup port.
Tried to find me an ex ec u tive po si tion but no mat ter how smooth I talked they would n’t lis ten to the fact that I was a ge nius.
The man say, “We (C)got all that we can use.” Now I got them (G)stead i ly de (B7)press in’, (Em)low down (G7)mind mess in’ (C)work in’ at the (D7)car wash (G)blues.
Well, I (G)should be sit tin’ in an air con di tioned of fice in a swiv el chair.
Talk in’ some trash to the sec re tar ies, say in’, (G)“Here, now, mam ma, come on o ver here.”
In stead, I’m stuck here rub bin’ these fen ders with a rag and (C)walk in’ home in sog gy old (A7)shoes
with them (G)stead i ly de (B7)press in’, (Em)low down (G7)mind mess in’ (C)work in’ at the (D7)car wash (G)blues.
You know a (C)man of my a bil i ty, he should be smok in’ on a big ci gar.
But till I (C)get my self straight I guess I’ll just have to wait in my (A7)rub ber suit a rub bin’ these cars.
Well, all I can do is a shake my head, you (D)might not be lieve that it’s true,
for work in’ at this end of Ni ag a ra Falls is an un dis cov ered How ard Hughes.
So ba by, don’t ex pect to see me with no dou ble mar ti ni in an y (C)high brow so ci et y news, ’cause I got them (G)stead i ly de (B7)press in’, (Em)low down (G7)mind mess in’ (C)work in’ at the (D7)car wash (G)blues.
Yeah, I got them (G)stead i ly de (B7)press in’, (Em)low down (G7)mind mess in’ (C)work in’ at the (D7)car wash (G)blues.
Yeah, I got them
This page shows “Workin' At The Car Wash Blues” by Jim Croce in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.