Intro: C#m     G#m  (x2) 

verse 1 

C#m     G#m             C#m                     G#m 
I was a paperboy, back when there was paper boys 
C#m             G#m             A               E 
Bookstores and record shops, bricks and mortar. 

C#m             G#m             C#m           G#m 
Now I made the cover but I cant pay the band 
C#m             G#m        A                  E 
What's more important is we’re building a brand 


[Refrão]
 
E                                 G#m       Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
E                                 G#m       Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 

verse 2 
C#m             G#m     C#m                G#m 
Pass a hat for pennies, Kickstart some fans 
C#m                             G#m     A                         E 
If you can tweet something brilliant, you’ve got a marketing plan. 

C#m             G#m     C#m          G#m 
Jingling and jangling, living in a van 
C#m                         G#m        A                             E 
If we could just sell some t-shirts, we could pay for the gas. 


[Refrão]

E                                 G#m      Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
E                                 G#m      Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
E                              D        F#m 
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man. 

Instrumental 
E       G#m             A                       E 

C#m             G#m             C#m             G#m 

verse 3 
C#m             G#m        C#m             G#m 
Now that the future has swallowed the past. 
C#m             G#m     A               E        
Its one step forward. And two steps back 


[Refrão]
 
E                                 G#m       Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
E                                 G#m       Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
E                              D        F#m 
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man. 

E                                 G#m       Amaj7 
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man 
            E                           D        F#m 
You gotta do what you can when you’re a song and dance man. 

Outro 
E       G#m             A               E (End)