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Bank Job

Barenaked Ladies
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e-----3---------3--------0-------0--------2-------3-------|
b-----3---------3--------0-------2--------3-------3-------|
g-----0---------0--------0-------0--------2-------0-------|
d-----0---------2--------2-------2--------0-------X-------|
a-----2---------3--------2-------0--------X-------2-------|
E-----3---------X--------0-------X--------2-------X-------|
 
 
 x2
 It was an  upset in two minutes flat
 We were back  on the freeway, foot to the  mat
 I can't understand  it; we had it down pat
 It's very  upsetting, could we leave it at  that?
 We all had  positions; we each had a role
 We'd over-rehearsed  it; we had full control
 They can't  teach you acting, it's there in  your soul
 It's the  same with a bank job, and each thing  we stole
 So I don't need attitude
 Cause you knew just what  to do
 We all did our best  now
 We all need to rest  now
 Leave me alone
 Wait by the phone
 I was the  driver; you ran the show
 You had the  last word, the go or  no go
 I knew every  laneway in Ontario
 But it's not what you're  sure of, it's what you don't know
 It should have been filled  with the usual ones
 Throwing their cash  into mutual funds
 We all had our ski  masks and sawed-off shotguns
 But how do you plan  for a bank full of nuns?
 Well, I guess we  panicked - we all have taboos
 And they were like  zebras; they had us confused
 We should be in condos  with oceanfront views
 Instead we're most-wanted  on the six o'clock news
 So I don't need attitude
 Cause you knew just  what  to do
 We all did our best  now
 We all need to rest  now
 Leave me alone
 And wait by the phone
 B/  x2
 Inside the police  car you tried to explain
 your crisis of conscience;  the voice in your brain
 And now that the whole  thing has gone down the drain
 I think we all know  who should shoulder the blame
 Cause you made a  choice there, almost sublime
 I'm all for compassion,  just not on my dime
 You looked like an  amateur, and that's the real crime
 So I'll take a walk  now, and you do the time
 And I don't need attitude
 Cause you knew just what  to  do
 We all did our best  now
 We all need to rest  now
 Leave me alone
 There's no need to phone
 We all did our best now
 We all need to rest now
 Leave me alone
 We all did our best now
 We all need to rest now
 Leave me alone
 Leave me alone

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Readable chord sheet for Bank Job by Barenaked Ladies

e-----3---------3--------0-------0--------2-------3-------|
b-----3---------3--------0-------2--------3-------3-------|
g-----0---------0--------0-------0--------2-------0-------|
d-----0---------2--------2-------2--------0-------X-------|
a-----2---------3--------2-------0--------X-------2-------|
E-----3---------X--------0-------X--------2-------X-------|
      [G]         [C]        [Em]      [A7]
    [B/C]

[G] [C] x2

It was a[G]n upset in two minutes flat     [C]
We were [G]back on the freeway, foot to the[C] mat
I can't [Em]understand it; we had it down pa[A7]t
It's ver[C]y upsetting, could we leave it a[D]t that?
We all h[G]ad positions; we each had a role[C]
We'd ove[G]r-rehearsed it; we had full cont[C]rol
They can[Em]'t teach you acting, it's there [A7]in your soul
It's the[C] same with a bank job, and each [D]thing we stole

So I don't need [Em]att[F#]itu[D]de[G]
Cause you knew just [Em]wha[F#]t t[D]o [G]do
We all did our b[C]est now
We all need to r[B/C]est now
Leave me alone  [A7]
Wait by the phon[D]e

I was th[G]e driver; you ran the sh[C]ow
You had [G]the last word, the go or[C] no go
I knew e[Em]very laneway in Ontario [A7]
But it's not what you're[C] sure of, it's what you don't kn[D]ow
It should have been fill[G]ed with the usual ones  [C]
Throwing their c[G]ash into mutual fu[C]nds
We all had our s[Em]ki masks and sawed-off shotgu[A7]ns
But how do you p[C]lan for a bank full of nu[D]ns?

Well, I guess we[G] panicked - we all have tabo[C]os
And they were li[G]ke zebras; they had us confu[C]sed
We should be in [Em]condos with oceanfront vi[A7]ews
Instead we're mo[C]st-wanted on the six o'clock ne[D]ws

So I don't need [Em]att[F#]itu[D]de[G]
Cause you knew j[Em]ust[F#] wh[D]at[G] to do
We all did our b[C]est now
We all need to r[B/C]est now
Leave me a[A7]lone
And wait by the p[D]hone

[Em] [F#] [D] [G] [C] [F#] [D]
[C] B/[C] [C] [D] x2

Inside the p[G]olice car you tried to expla[C]in
your crisis of c[G]onscience; the voice in your bra[C]in
And now that the w[Em]hole thing has gone down the dra[A7]in
I think we all k[C]now who should shoulder the blam[D]e
Cause you made a[G] choice there, almost su[C]blime
I'm all for comp[G]assion, just not on my d[C]ime
You looked like [Em]an amateur, and that's the real [A7]crime
So I'll take a w[C]alk now, and you do the ti[D]me

And I don't need [Em]att[F#]itu[D]de[G]
Cause you knew just [Em]wha[F#]t t[G]o do
We all did our b[C]est now
We all need to r[B/C]est now
Leave me a[A7]lone
There's no need to p[D]hone

[G]  [D]  We all did our best now
[G]  [D]  We all need to rest now
[G]  [D] Leave me alone
[G]  [D] We all did our best now
[G]  [D] We all need to rest now
[G]  [D] Leave me alone
[G]  [D] Leave me alone

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