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[Intro 2] (Spoken)
    G*                         G*
"He told it to the monkeys and they didn't talk back,
     G*                         G*
then he told the old iguana and he didn't attack".
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[Verse 1]
     G                Em              C7         D          G
They told me before I started that it never ever would work out:
G                     Em               C7                        C7
stay in school, don't be a fool, but I had to see what life was about.

[Pre-Chorus]
      G                       F
So, I went to Biloxi, seekin' fortune and fame,
      C                         Cm
I got hired, I got fired, I got called dirty names.

[Chorus]
       G              Em             C7          D        G
You'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
       G                 Em                   C7          D       (G*)
You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
  G                     Em           C7           D          G
I knew I needed representation and I found it one night in a bar.
         G                        Em           C                            C
He was a bondsman and a part-time agent and he said that he would make me a star.

[Pre-Chorus]
                  G                           F
He said', "Aaaah,   you don't have to be that good to make it out in Hollywood,
    C                          Cm
you just have to change and complain".

[Chorus]
          G              Em             C7          D        G
Or you'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
       G                 Em                   C7          D        G*         G
You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.

[Solo]
G          | Em         | C     D     | G          |
G          | Em         | F     D     | G          |

[Bridge]
         B7                          Em
I parked cars at the Rainbow, I sold maps of the stars,
         B7                           Em
I got my nose broke in Spago's when I puked on the bar.
    A                               D7*
And all I played's a double bar mitzvah,
A                             D7*
Bubba played a double bar mitzvah!)

[Pre-Chorus]
       G                       F                       C                   Cm
It's a jungle out there, hell, I don't care, I'm going back to my predator friends.

[End-Chorus]
       G              Em             C7           D        G
I will never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
         G                 Em                   C7           D        G
No, I'll never (never), no never (never), never work in this bidness again.
       G              Em             C7           D        G*
You'll never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.

[Outro] (Spoken)
                         G*
"Ah, relax, where do you think you're going with dat suitcase?"
     G*                                  G*
"I'm outta here!" "You're leaving?! Vat about my fifteen percent?"
    G*                                     G*
"15 Percent of nothin' is nothin'!" "Young man, you leave now and you'll never"
G*
"I'll never..." "You'll never..." "Work in dis..." "Bizness..." "Bidness..."
  G
"AGAIN!!"