Purplebug - Clocking Out

Intro: Am 

(air conditioner hum  distant traffic  room tone) 

 
Am 
Wake up tired 
F 
Come home older 
C 
Every year shorter 
G 
Every dream smaller 

Am 
Wake up tired 
F 
Come home older 
C 
Every year shorter 
G 
Every dream smaller 


 
Am 
I thought everybody else 
F 
Had life figured out 

C 
Some hidden map 
G 
Some secret adults get told 

Am 
But every job I worked 
F 
Looked exactly the same 

C 
Different building 
Different logo 
G 
Same lights 
Same feeling 

Am 
Warehouse aisles 
F 
Gas station coffee 
C 
Cheap apartments 
G 
Half-full tanks 

Am 
And everybody walking around 
F 
Pretending this is normal 
 

 
Am 
I kept trying to climb out 
F 
But every year 
C 
The ladder cost more 

Am 
Gas goes up 
F 
Rent goes up 
C 
Food goes up 
G 
Pay stays still 

Am 
Smile for the customer 
F 
Smile for the manager 
C 
Smile for the metrics 
G 
Smile so you survive 

Am 
I thought I was building a future 

F 
But I was only 
C 
Renting time  


 
Am 
Wake up tired 
F 
Come home older 
C 
Every year shorter 
G 
Every dream smaller 

Am 
Wake up tired 
F 
Come home older 
C 
Every year shorter 
G 
Every dream smaller 

 
Am 
They told us 
F 
Slavery ended 

Am 
No 

Am 
They just changed 
F 
What the chains look like 

C 
Direct deposit 
G 
Monthly payments 
C 
Credit scores 
G 
Performance reviews 

Am 
They never had to trap us 

F 
They just priced 
C 
The exits 
G 
Too high 


BREAKDOWN:
 
Dm 
I had children 
Am 
Thinking love would save me 

Dm 
Now all I see 
Am 
Is future workers 

Dm 
Future renters 
Dm 
Future debt 
Dm 
Future exhaustion 

Am 
Born into shifts 
F 
Before they can speak 

C 
And I hate myself 
G 
For understanding it 


FINAL:
(no percussion feel) 

Am 
I spent my whole life 
F 
Trying to earn my life back 

C 
Thinking life would start 
G 
After the next job 

Am 
After the next payment 
F 
After the next year 

C 
But the years 
G 
Were the product 

Am 
The workers suffer 
F 
The managers suffer 
C 
The owners never stop feeding 

Am 
Nobody escapes 

F 
The machine just gets quieter 
C 
At the top 


ENDING: 
(single Am drone) 

DISTANT VOICE: 
HEY. 
GET BACK TO WORK. 

(silence) 

Am 

No. 

(end)