Fountains of Wayne – Bright Future In Sales (Guitar)

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Intro/Chorus Riff (x2)
A                            E
Sleepin' on a planter at the port authority,

D                     A     D
waitin' for my bus to come,

A                             E
Seven scotch-and-sodas at the office party

      D                        A
Now I don't remember where I'm from

                D
I think I had a black wallet

     A                   D         
In my back pocket, with a bus ticket

      F#m           C# D D# E
And a picture of my baby inside

         D
And if I make it home alive
CHORUS:
          A      E      D
I'm gonna get my shit together

              A         E       D
Cause I can't live like this forever,

              F#m                B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail

        G                  D
I gotta new computer and a 

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah

A                            E
Headin' for the airport on a misty morning

       D                     A     D
Gonna catch a flight to Baltimore

A                          E
Try to kill an hour with a whiskey sour

           D                          A
If there's time I might have just one more

                D                       A
I gotta do some, quick reading for the, big meeting

      D                       F#m         C# D D# E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes

           D
as long as I don't have to drive
CHORUS:
          A      E      D
I'm gonna get my shit together

              A         E       D
Cause I can't live like this forever,

              F#m                B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail

        G                  D
I gotta new computer and a 

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah

E
 I had a line on a brand new account

          Bm
But now I can't seem to find where I wrote that number down,

E
 I try to focus, I'm staring at the screen,

   G
Pretending like I know what all these 

C               D
little flashing lights mean
(oh yeah) Verse solo: A E / D A D / A E / D A /
                D                      A
I gotta do some, quick reading for the, big meeting

      D                       F#m         C# D D# E
but my head is spinning and I can't quite open my eyes

           D
as long as I don't have to drive   (alarm clock pause)
CHORUS:
          A      E      D
I'm gonna get my shit together

              A         E       D
Cause I can't live like this forever,

              F#m                B
You know I've come too far and I don't wanna fail

        G                  D
I gotta new computer and a 

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah),

                  A                     D               A
bright future in sales, yeah yeah (yeah yeah), yeah yeah

Intro/Chorus Riff:
  A               D
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------5-6-7----------------|
A|-0-3-4-5--3-------0-3-5--5/6\5-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
(Hat tip to l3l3 King)