The Disgruntled Postal Worker
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
F C G Am
F C G Am
F C G Am
[Verse]
F C G Am
Spent 14 years at the postal service
F C G Am
All that pressure, really made me nervous
F C G Am
Delivering mail, through the sleet and the snow
F G
There was no one more devoted than me, don't you know
F C G Am
I busted my back, for Uncle Sam
F C G Am
My superiors were ingrates, they never give a damn
F C G Am
Well they spit me out like gum, that's overchewed
F G
Now who can you blame me if I came a bit unglued
[Chorus]
Am F G C
I'm a disgruntled postal worker
Am F G C
I've sorted one too many sacks of mail
Am F G C
Been charged with 27 counts of murder
C F G
Can you spare 3 mill I need to make my bail
[Verse 2]
F C G Am
I started working across the counter in Grand Forks North Dakota
F C G Am
Selling stamps to the tourists in northern minnesota
F C G Am
Well that sugar beet refinery put a stench in the air
F G
Well it stuck to my clothes and it stuck to my hair
F C G Am
Well they said you get used to it, but i never did
F C G Am
Now could you blame me if I flipped my lid
F C G Am
Can't remember too much about that warm September day
F G
But the prosecution swears I blew a couple dozen folks away
[Chorus]
Am F G C
I'm a disgruntled postal worker
Am F G C
I've sorted one too many sacks of mail
Am F G C
Been charged with 27 counts of murder
C F G
Can you spare 3 mill I need to make my bail
[Verse 3]
F C G Am
So they sent a team of shrinks from Washington D.C.
F C G Am
They was asking funny questions and drawing blood from me
F C G Am
They're trying to figure out why I did what I done
F G
I swear their faces went pale when I told them it was fun.
F C G Am
How come it's so hard for everyone to understand
F C G Am
It's like the pullin and the stretchin and breakin of a rubber band
F C G Am
If there's too much weight on a bridge it will just collapse
F G
And sometimes just like a bridge a man's mind just snaps
[Chorus]
Am F G C
I'm a disgruntled postal worker
Am F G C
I've sorted one too many sacks of mail
Am F G C
Been charged with 27 counts of murder
C F G
Can you spare 3 mill I need to make my bail
C F G
Can you spare 3 mill I need to make my bail
C F G
Can you spare 3 mill I need to make my bail
G Am
I'm Disgruntled....
How to play The Disgruntled Postal Worker
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.