Responsibility Chords by Steve Forbert

_ It's called [Cm] responsibility.
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_ _ [Cm] Poor old [Bb] surrendered mimosas, _
finally burned out by [Cm] the sun.
_ I feel [Eb] pretty burned out myself
when the [Bb] long hot [Cm] summer is done.
Summertime long [Bb] be my favorite.
Now I can't [Cm] grab it no more.
Can't find [Eb] no time for a fish on the line
[Bb] or that swingin' eel [Cm] sickle more.
[Ab] I'm in such a hurry now,
it's [Bb] hard to worry me.
Stop and smell the [Cm] roses, baby,
I can't hardly [Ab] see.
No, I ain't forgotten just how good it all can be,
but [Bb] I've got so much [Cm] responsibility.
_ [Bb] I've got so much [Cm] responsibility. _ _
Baby, you know [Bb] how I'm working.
_ Sorry I'm [Cm] busy so much.
Sorry those days [Eb] when the world went our [Bb] way
are so hard to [Cm] return to and touch.
Maybe [Bb] our future looks brighter.
Maybe our ship [Cm] will come here.
_ Maybe these [Eb] years and these mule train careers
[Bb] will be things we won't think about [Cm] then.
[Ab] I'm in such a hurry now,
it's [Bb] hard to worry me.
Stop and smell the [Cm] roses, baby,
I can't hardly [Ab] see.
No, I ain't forgotten just how good it all can [Bb] be,
but I've got so much [Cm] responsibility. _
[Bb] I've got so much [Cm] responsibility.
_ _ [Ab] _
Competition's heavy on the hard line wreckin' crew.
[Cm] The good ones never leave and still there's always someone new.
[Ab] The pressure come down hard upon the top-notch riveting.
[Bb] We don't get time to pace ourselves.
I don't [Cm] stand around and dream.
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_ _ [Cm] You're all [Bb] surrendered mimosa, _
finally burned out [Cm] by the heat.
I feel [Eb] pretty burned out myself
when I [Bb] make that old [Cm] turn down our street.
_ Summertime [Bb] long been my favorite.
Now it's old [Cm] autumn I love.
Summertime [Eb] fun on some beach in the sun.
[Bb] Ain't something I'm seeing [Cm] much of.
I'm in such [Ab] a hurry now,
it's [Bb] hard to worry me.
Stop and smell the roses, [Cm] baby,
I can't hardly [Ab] see.
No, I ain't forgotten just how good it all can be,
but [Bb] I've got so much [Cm] responsibility.
_ [Bb] I've got so much [Cm] responsibility. _
[Bb] Got so much, [Cm] yeah.
[Bb] Got so much responsibility.
[Cm] Got so much, _ [Bb] yeah.
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