Chords for The O'Jays - Livin' For The Weekend (Official Audio)
Tempo:
126.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Dm
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [C] [D] .
[C] [Dm] .
[Am] Let me just sit down and relax a minute.
[G] .
Let me [Dm] tell you about it.
.
Hi, hi, it's Friday.
Oh, oh, oh, thank God it's Friday.
.
And I just got made.
Going across town.
Gonna pick up my lady.
.
[Em] Have a [Dm] little bit of fun.
Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
.
You might [G] see me on [Dm] the east side.
Ha!.
The west side.
I'm even going across the bridge, though.
Cause I hear they really get down over there.
Well, well, [F] I'm going to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing.
Well, well, we're gonna party.
.
Well, well, we're [Dm] gonna party.
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
[F] Going to myself.
Well, well, we're gonna [Dm] party.
Well, well, I'm just [G] a living.
[D] Yeah.
Living [G] for the weekend.
Woo, [Dm] sir, I'm a.
Living for [G] the weekend.
I said right [D] now I'm a.
Living [G] for the weekend.
I said [Dm] this evening I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
For the next two [D] days I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
We'll have a [D] real good time.
.
[G] We'll have a real, real, real [D] good time.
[G] We'll party [Dm] hard, hard.
Come on, y'all.
Let's go downtown.
Come on, y'all.
[F#m] Let's groove.
Aye, [G] aye, aye, [D] aye.
I'm running [G] for dirt.
[D] I'm dead on [G] my feet.
[D] Most [G] of the time.
[D] You gotta [G] eat.
[Em] Well, I try to read the paper.
I fall [D] fast [G] asleep.
[D] [G] But soon as Friday rolls around.
I lay on the weekly burdens now.
I put on my.
And.
[A] .
[Em] For the weekend.
[D] Right now.
[G] For the weekend.
[D] .
I'm.
[Em] For the weekend.
Oh, [G] that's when I [D] bought it.
Down.
[Em] [D] .
[G] Down.
[D] [G] [D] .
[G] Down.
Down.
[D] Put [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] all [D] that.
.
[G] All right.
[D] [G] Sometimes [D] .
[G] [Em] I get [G] frustrated.
To the day.
I am a cut.
Hey, at the time I don't really care.
Because I took off like a [A] cat.
[G] And [D] oh, I [G] died.
Girl, [D] I died.
[Em] Girl, I got stuck when I was.
[D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] I [G] got stuck when I was.
[D] I [G] was a mess [D] [G] Too [D] bad.
Too [G] bad about [D] [G] It's [D] bad.
I [G] wanna [D] sleep.
[G] [D] For .
[G] a [D] week I'm down.
[G] [D] .
[G] I'm down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] down [D] I'm down.
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] I'm down.
I'm [D] [G] [D] [G] down.
[D] [G] .
[D] [G] [D] [G].
I'm down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] [D] [G] down I'm [D] [G] down.
[Dm] [F] [G] .
I'm [Dm] down.
[G] Such a hard time I had.
[Dm] .
[G] I ran [Dm] last night long.
I can't believe we're at the same place [G] Next weekend.
At [Dm] the same time.
[G] Bring all your friends and [Dm] neighbors.
To your [G] party.
Like [A#] we [Dm] did this weekend [G] No, smile.
[Dm] Sunday's here, y'all.
[G] .
[Dm] Sunday's here, [G].
y'all.
[C] And it won't [Dm] be long before we hop out of here.
Get [G] on back to the J-O-B, y'all.
I [Dm] got a job.
[G] Talking about [Dm].
the J-O [G]-B.
[Dm] .
I'm [Gm] talking about [F] the weekend.
That's [G] for [C] sure.
[Dm] That's for sure.
[G] Talking .
[Dm] about the weekend.
[G] .
I'm waiting, [Dm] I'm waiting, I'll do it again.
[G] I had a real [Dm] bad time.
[G] I just can't afford it.
[Dm] .
[G] [Dm] .
I'm talking about [G] the
[C] [Dm] .
[Am] Let me just sit down and relax a minute.
[G] .
Let me [Dm] tell you about it.
.
Hi, hi, it's Friday.
Oh, oh, oh, thank God it's Friday.
.
And I just got made.
Going across town.
Gonna pick up my lady.
.
[Em] Have a [Dm] little bit of fun.
Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
.
You might [G] see me on [Dm] the east side.
Ha!.
The west side.
I'm even going across the bridge, though.
Cause I hear they really get down over there.
Well, well, [F] I'm going to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing.
Well, well, we're gonna party.
.
Well, well, we're [Dm] gonna party.
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
[F] Going to myself.
Well, well, we're gonna [Dm] party.
Well, well, I'm just [G] a living.
[D] Yeah.
Living [G] for the weekend.
Woo, [Dm] sir, I'm a.
Living for [G] the weekend.
I said right [D] now I'm a.
Living [G] for the weekend.
I said [Dm] this evening I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
For the next two [D] days I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
We'll have a [D] real good time.
.
[G] We'll have a real, real, real [D] good time.
[G] We'll party [Dm] hard, hard.
Come on, y'all.
Let's go downtown.
Come on, y'all.
[F#m] Let's groove.
Aye, [G] aye, aye, [D] aye.
I'm running [G] for dirt.
[D] I'm dead on [G] my feet.
[D] Most [G] of the time.
[D] You gotta [G] eat.
[Em] Well, I try to read the paper.
I fall [D] fast [G] asleep.
[D] [G] But soon as Friday rolls around.
I lay on the weekly burdens now.
I put on my.
And.
[A] .
[Em] For the weekend.
[D] Right now.
[G] For the weekend.
[D] .
I'm.
[Em] For the weekend.
Oh, [G] that's when I [D] bought it.
Down.
[Em] [D] .
[G] Down.
[D] [G] [D] .
[G] Down.
Down.
[D] Put [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] all [D] that.
.
[G] All right.
[D] [G] Sometimes [D] .
[G] [Em] I get [G] frustrated.
To the day.
I am a cut.
Hey, at the time I don't really care.
Because I took off like a [A] cat.
[G] And [D] oh, I [G] died.
Girl, [D] I died.
[Em] Girl, I got stuck when I was.
[D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] I [G] got stuck when I was.
[D] I [G] was a mess [D] [G] Too [D] bad.
Too [G] bad about [D] [G] It's [D] bad.
I [G] wanna [D] sleep.
[G] [D] For .
[G] a [D] week I'm down.
[G] [D] .
[G] I'm down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] down [D] I'm down.
[G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [G] I'm down.
I'm [D] [G] [D] [G] down.
[D] [G] .
[D] [G] [D] [G].
I'm down.
[D] [G] I'm [D] [G] [D] [G] down I'm [D] [G] down.
[Dm] [F] [G] .
I'm [Dm] down.
[G] Such a hard time I had.
[Dm] .
[G] I ran [Dm] last night long.
I can't believe we're at the same place [G] Next weekend.
At [Dm] the same time.
[G] Bring all your friends and [Dm] neighbors.
To your [G] party.
Like [A#] we [Dm] did this weekend [G] No, smile.
[Dm] Sunday's here, y'all.
[G] .
[Dm] Sunday's here, [G].
y'all.
[C] And it won't [Dm] be long before we hop out of here.
Get [G] on back to the J-O-B, y'all.
I [Dm] got a job.
[G] Talking about [Dm].
the J-O [G]-B.
[Dm] .
I'm [Gm] talking about [F] the weekend.
That's [G] for [C] sure.
[Dm] That's for sure.
[G] Talking .
[Dm] about the weekend.
[G] .
I'm waiting, [Dm] I'm waiting, I'll do it again.
[G] I had a real [Dm] bad time.
[G] I just can't afford it.
[Dm] .
[G] [Dm] .
I'm talking about [G] the
Key:
G
D
Dm
Em
C
G
D
Dm
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Am] Let me just sit down and relax a minute.
[G] _ .
Let me [Dm] tell you about _ it.
_ _ .
Hi, hi, it's Friday.
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, thank God it's Friday.
_ .
And I just got made.
_ _ Going across town.
_ _ _ Gonna pick up my lady.
_ _ _ _ .
[Em] Have a [Dm] little bit of fun.
_ Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
_ _ _ .
You might [G] see me on [Dm] the east side.
Ha!.
The west side.
I'm even going across the bridge, though.
_ _ Cause I hear they really get down over there.
Well, well, [F] I'm going to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing.
Well, _ _ _ well, we're gonna party.
_ _ _ .
_ Well, well, we're [Dm] gonna _ party.
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
[F] Going to myself.
Well, well, we're gonna [Dm] party.
Well, well, _ _ _ I'm just [G] a living.
_ _ _ [D] Yeah.
_ Living [G] for the weekend.
Woo, [Dm] _ sir, I'm a.
Living for [G] the weekend.
I said right [D] now I'm a.
Living [G] for the weekend.
I said [Dm] this evening I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
For the next two [D] days I.
_ Living [G] for the weekend.
We'll have a [D] real good time.
_ .
_ [G] We'll have a real, real, real [D] good time.
_ _ [G] _ We'll party [Dm] hard, hard.
Come on, y'all.
Let's go downtown.
Come on, y'all.
[F#m] Let's groove.
Aye, [G] aye, aye, [D] aye.
I'm running [G] for dirt.
[D] I'm dead on [G] my feet.
[D] Most [G] of the time.
[D] You gotta [G] eat.
[Em] Well, I try to read the paper.
I fall [D] fast [G] asleep.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ But soon as Friday rolls around.
_ _ I lay on the weekly burdens now.
_ _ I put on my.
And.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ [Em] For the weekend.
[D] Right now.
_ [G] For the weekend.
[D] _ .
I'm.
[Em] For the weekend.
Oh, [G] that's when I [D] bought it.
Down.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] Down.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] Down.
Down.
[D] Put [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] all [D] that.
_ .
[G] _ _ _ _ _ All right.
_ [D] _ _ [G] Sometimes [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [Em] _ I get [G] frustrated.
To the day.
_ _ I am a cut.
Hey, _ _ at the time I don't really care.
_ Because I took off like a [A] cat.
[G] _ And [D] oh, I [G] died.
_ Girl, [D] I died.
_ [Em] _ Girl, I got stuck when I was.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] I [G] got stuck when I was.
[D] I [G] was a mess _ [D] _ [G] Too [D] bad.
Too [G] bad about [D] _ _ [G] It's [D] bad.
I [G] wanna [D] sleep.
_ [G] _ [D] For _ .
[G] a [D] week _ I'm _ _ _ down.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] I'm down.
[D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ _ [G] down.
[D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ _ [G] down [D] _ _ _ _ I'm down.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] [G] I'm down.
I'm [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ down.
[D] _ [G] _ .
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G].
I'm down.
_ [D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] [G] down I'm _ [D] [G] down.
_ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ .
I'm [Dm] down.
_ _ _ [G] Such a hard time I had.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ I ran [Dm] last night long.
_ I can't believe we're at the same place _ [G] _ Next weekend.
At [Dm] the same time.
_ [G] Bring all your friends and [Dm] neighbors.
_ To your [G] _ party.
Like [A#] we [Dm] did this weekend [G] No, _ smile.
[Dm] _ Sunday's here, y'all.
[G] _ .
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Sunday's here, [G].
y'all.
[C] And it won't [Dm] be long before we hop out of here.
Get [G] on back to the J-O-B, y'all.
I [Dm] got a job.
_ _ [G] _ _ Talking about [Dm].
the J-O [G]-B.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm [Gm] talking about [F] the weekend.
That's [G] _ for [C] sure.
[Dm] _ That's for sure.
[G] Talking _ .
_ _ [Dm] about the weekend.
_ [G] _ .
_ I'm waiting, [Dm] I'm waiting, I'll do it again.
[G] _ I had a real [Dm] bad time.
[G] I just can't afford it.
[Dm] _ _ .
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ I'm talking about [G] _ _ the
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Am] Let me just sit down and relax a minute.
[G] _ .
Let me [Dm] tell you about _ it.
_ _ .
Hi, hi, it's Friday.
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, thank God it's Friday.
_ .
And I just got made.
_ _ Going across town.
_ _ _ Gonna pick up my lady.
_ _ _ _ .
[Em] Have a [Dm] little bit of fun.
_ Just ain't no telling where I might end up.
_ _ _ .
You might [G] see me on [Dm] the east side.
Ha!.
The west side.
I'm even going across the bridge, though.
_ _ Cause I hear they really get down over there.
Well, well, [F] I'm going to myself.
Well, well, I'm doing.
Well, _ _ _ well, we're gonna party.
_ _ _ .
_ Well, well, we're [Dm] gonna _ party.
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
[F] Going to myself.
Well, well, we're gonna [Dm] party.
Well, well, _ _ _ I'm just [G] a living.
_ _ _ [D] Yeah.
_ Living [G] for the weekend.
Woo, [Dm] _ sir, I'm a.
Living for [G] the weekend.
I said right [D] now I'm a.
Living [G] for the weekend.
I said [Dm] this evening I.
Living [G] for the weekend.
For the next two [D] days I.
_ Living [G] for the weekend.
We'll have a [D] real good time.
_ .
_ [G] We'll have a real, real, real [D] good time.
_ _ [G] _ We'll party [Dm] hard, hard.
Come on, y'all.
Let's go downtown.
Come on, y'all.
[F#m] Let's groove.
Aye, [G] aye, aye, [D] aye.
I'm running [G] for dirt.
[D] I'm dead on [G] my feet.
[D] Most [G] of the time.
[D] You gotta [G] eat.
[Em] Well, I try to read the paper.
I fall [D] fast [G] asleep.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ But soon as Friday rolls around.
_ _ I lay on the weekly burdens now.
_ _ I put on my.
And.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ [Em] For the weekend.
[D] Right now.
_ [G] For the weekend.
[D] _ .
I'm.
[Em] For the weekend.
Oh, [G] that's when I [D] bought it.
Down.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] Down.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] Down.
Down.
[D] Put [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] all [D] that.
_ .
[G] _ _ _ _ _ All right.
_ [D] _ _ [G] Sometimes [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [Em] _ I get [G] frustrated.
To the day.
_ _ I am a cut.
Hey, _ _ at the time I don't really care.
_ Because I took off like a [A] cat.
[G] _ And [D] oh, I [G] died.
_ Girl, [D] I died.
_ [Em] _ Girl, I got stuck when I was.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] I [G] got stuck when I was.
[D] I [G] was a mess _ [D] _ [G] Too [D] bad.
Too [G] bad about [D] _ _ [G] It's [D] bad.
I [G] wanna [D] sleep.
_ [G] _ [D] For _ .
[G] a [D] week _ I'm _ _ _ down.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ .
[G] I'm down.
[D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ _ [G] down.
[D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ _ [G] down [D] _ _ _ _ I'm down.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ .
[G] _ _ [D] [G] I'm down.
I'm [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ down.
[D] _ [G] _ .
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G].
I'm down.
_ [D] _ [G] I'm _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] [G] down I'm _ [D] [G] down.
_ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ .
I'm [Dm] down.
_ _ _ [G] Such a hard time I had.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ I ran [Dm] last night long.
_ I can't believe we're at the same place _ [G] _ Next weekend.
At [Dm] the same time.
_ [G] Bring all your friends and [Dm] neighbors.
_ To your [G] _ party.
Like [A#] we [Dm] did this weekend [G] No, _ smile.
[Dm] _ Sunday's here, y'all.
[G] _ .
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Sunday's here, [G].
y'all.
[C] And it won't [Dm] be long before we hop out of here.
Get [G] on back to the J-O-B, y'all.
I [Dm] got a job.
_ _ [G] _ _ Talking about [Dm].
the J-O [G]-B.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm [Gm] talking about [F] the weekend.
That's [G] _ for [C] sure.
[Dm] _ That's for sure.
[G] Talking _ .
_ _ [Dm] about the weekend.
_ [G] _ .
_ I'm waiting, [Dm] I'm waiting, I'll do it again.
[G] _ I had a real [Dm] bad time.
[G] I just can't afford it.
[Dm] _ _ .
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ I'm talking about [G] _ _ the