Misc Originals – Andy Harbach - Pen Pusher (Guitar)

Am
Always seemed a happy boy

C
Everything looked fine

G
Nobody could see that he

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Thought it could be time

Am
Only takes one little phrase

C
Spoken out in haste

G
It’s enough to make him think

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His life is a waste

Am
Take the piss out of the lad

C
Crossword cannot do

G
Obvious to someone else

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Says how thick are you

Am
Got a temper it does flare

C
Goes out to calm down

G
If he were to pass a lake

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Possible he’d drown

Dm
You are just a pen pusher

E
Nothing more you do

Dm
You are just a pen pusher

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What the fuck use are you?

Am
Got a job and saw the mess

C
Needed to be cleaned

G
In a room with no fresh air

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It just feels so mean

Am
He’s got to go out and do

C
Work he don’t enjoy

G
Just because some others don’t

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What you doin’ boy

Am
Goin’ out into the dark

C
Blunderin’ round at night

G
Can’t determine what to do

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It don’t feel right

Am
Better people gone away

C
Imposter syndrome rife

G
Knowing that he will retire

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Should he end his life

Dm
You are just a pen pusher

E
Nothing more you do

Dm
You are just a pen pusher

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What the fuck use are you?

Am
All appears fine outside

C
Worries what others think

G
Tied in knots inside his head

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Nearin’ the brink

Am
Runnin’ down the street he sees

C
Bus approachin’ fast

G
Just one step in to it’s path

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It would be his last

Am
People care about the lad

C
He’s somebody’s son

G
If he jumped then they’d be sad

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When all’s said and done

Am
New year is a time we see

C
Resolutions here

G
Promise me that you will try

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Be around next year

Dm
You’re not just a pen pusher

E
Lots more that you do

Dm
You’re not just a pen pusher

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There’s value in  you