Intro: G Am7 Fsus2 C5 4x
Am7 G D Csus2
I should be knocking on the door of the pearly gates
Why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates
Am7 G Bm Csus2
I've heard that good things will come to he who waits
Am7 G D Csus2
I should be riding on a float in the hit parade
Instead of sitting on the curb behind the barricade
Am7 G Bm Csus2
Another verse in the doormat serenade
G Am7 Fsus2 C5
Won't you put me on top
won't you put me on top, or change the odds
won't you put me on top
G Bm Em Csus2
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
G Bm Em Csus2
Am7 G D Csus2
Oh, at least put some hope in the box for me
'Cause it's only black and white and not a lot of each
Am7 G Bm Csus2
There's a remote on the shelf, but it's out of reach
G Am7 Fsus2 C5
Won't you put me on top
won't you put me on top, or change the odds
won't you put me on top
G Bm Em Csus2
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
G Bm Em Csus2
Bm E7
Put some hope in the bottom of the box for me
Am Am7/g D D/c D/b D/a
I need it
G Am7 Fsus2 C5
G Am7 Fsus2 C5
Won't you put me on top
won't you put me on top again, or change the odds
or in the least put some hope
G Bm Em Csus2
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
G Bm Em Csus2
G Bm Em Csus2
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
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