The Living End – Long Live The Weekend (Ukulele)

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Chords

This has been simplified to make it relatively straightforward on a uke - the B7sus4 is a bit of a pain, but it can be substituted with a Bm if needed.
Esus4 Em  C   Am  D   Bm  G Gmaj9 B7sus4
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----- Verse 1:
|Esus4             Em             |Esus4      Em                |C      |C 
 Working for a     man that you    don't understand so forget    it.

|Esus4             Em             |Esus4      Em                |C      |C 
 Spending all your dough where you know as    soon as you get    it.

|Esus4             Em             |Esus4      Em                |C      |C 
 Wasting your      time on an    a-ssembly    line, you want out of it.

|Esus4             Em             |Esus4      Em                |C      |C 
 Picking up your   pay at the      end of the day and get out    of it.
Bridge:
         |Am                |D                         |Em
And get   away, Cause you're wondering if it's gonna change

         |Bm                |C                         |D
Cause the weekdays are the   same as always,            never changing
Chorus:
|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C              D
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|C              |C
 Long live the   weekend.
Verse 2:
|Esus4     Em             |Esus4     Em   |C                   |C 
 Monday,   don't want to  get out of bed,  Tuesday, I'm walking with the dead

|Esus4     Em            |Esus4     Em    |C                   |C 
 Wednesday          never felt so   wrong, Thursday, it takes   twice as long
Bridge:
   |Am                    |D                      |Em
But Friday, I              know where I'm gonna be-e

   |Bm                    |C                      |D
Far away from the same old everyday                ordinary
Chorus:
|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C              D
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|C              |C
 Long live the   weekend,

|C              |C
 Long live the   weekend...
Break:
|E                   |G
 Week in, week out

|E                   |G
 Week in, week out

|Am                  |Am
 Week in, week out,   Week in, week out

|D                   |C
 I don't care if I do-on't get paid, I

|D                   |C
 Can't sit here for   one more day
Solo
|Em   |Em                |C   |C   |Em   |Em   |C   |C
         (Wasting away)                                  Well
Bridge:
|Am              |D                          |Em
 now, you're      wondering if it's gonna cha-ange, Cause the 

|Bm              |C                          |D
 weekdays are the same as always,             never changing
Chorus:
|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C              D
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|Em             |Bm          |C                    |C
 Make a break, another escape - I gotta get out, I gotta get out

|C              |C
 Long live the   weekend,
Outro:
      |G        Gmaj9     |B7sus4     Bm  |C             |C 
                                           Long live the weekend

      |G        Gmaj9     |B7sus4     Bm  |C             |C
                                           Long live the weekend

      |G        Gmaj9     |B7sus4     Bm  |C             |C
(It's never too late, it's never too late) Long live the weekend.

      |G        Gmaj9     |B7sus4     Bm  |C             |C
(It's never too late, it's never too late) Long live the weekend.
|G Gmaj9 |Bm C |G |G