Looking At Tomorrow
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Original Album
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Surf's Up
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Also Appeared On
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Written By
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Al Jardine/Gary Winfrey
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Produced By
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The Beach Boys
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Lead Vocals
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Al
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Recorded On
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1971
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Length
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2:53
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Notes
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- Plea on behalf of the downtrodden welfare recipient from a millionaire pop singer. Another dated attempt at social commentary.
- Lyrics
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I've been laying on my back
Like a freight train off a track
Trying to find a job to fit my trade
With the morning sun come 'round
Well I'll be covering plenty of ground
And I don't need nobody to pay my aid
Mmmm pay my aid
Now Bess and me were feeling bad
And all the good jobs they were had
I had to take to sweeping up some floors
Well I don't mind that so much
Or the changing of my luck
But you know I could be doing so much more
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip
Well I'll be coming home tonight
Everything will be all right
And we'll be looking at tomorrow
- Chords
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(original key: Fm)
.................Em................Em(maj7)/D#
I've been laying on my back
............Em7/D.................C#m7(b5)
Like a freight train off a track
Cmaj7...............C#m7(b5).....Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
Trying to find a job to fit my trade
.................Em..........................Em(maj7)/D#
With the morning sun come 'round
.....................Em7/D...................C#m7(b5)
Well I'll be covering plenty of ground
......C7.......................B7....................Em
And I don't need nobody to pay my aid
A........Em.......A
Mmmm pay my aid
.........................Em.......................Em(maj7)/D#
Now Bess and me were feeling bad
....................Em7/D......................C#m7(b5)
And all the good jobs they were had
...Cmaj7............C#m7(b5)..............Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
I had to take to sweeping up some floors
............Em.........................Em(maj7)/D#
Well I don't mind that so much
............Em7/D...............C#m7(b5)
Or the changing of my luck
................C7.......................B7...................Em...A...Em...A
But you know I could be doing so much more
...............Em.......................Em(maj7)/D#
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
...............Em7/D.................C#m7(b5)
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
....Cmaj7................C#m7(b5)........Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
Bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip
.....................Em.....................Em(maj7)/D#
Well I'll be coming home tonight
..........Em7/D...............C#m7(b5)
Everything will be all right
........................C7.............B7............Em6
And we'll be looking at tomorrow
Chart prepared by Francis Greene