Intro: 
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Verse: 
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I had a meetin' cross town 
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I was runnin' behind  
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Horns blowin', people cursin'  
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Like they're losin' their minds 
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Everybody rushinâ?? off to build their little empires 
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We all were gettin' later, he was barely gettin' by 

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An old man walkin' cross a four lane road 
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Groceries in his hand, grand kids in tow 
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Holdin' up traffic like a box car train 
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Like it or not you got some time to think 


Chorus: 
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I've been runnin' 
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I've been gunnin' 
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For that top rung 
                     Asus 
Of the ladder all my life 
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But what's so bad about being satisfied 
     Asus 
And barely gettin' by 


Interlude: 
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Verse: 
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Me and my brother don't talk that much 
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I'm goin' off to bed 'bout the time he's gettin' up 
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He rents a hand-me-down house on a minimum wage 
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I couldn't blame if he did but he never complains 


Chorus: 
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I've been runnin' 
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I've been gunnin' 
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For that top rung 
                     Asus 
Of the ladder all my life 
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But what's so bad about being satisfied 
     Asus 
And barely gettin' by 


Bridge: 
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Dsus2/B    Dsus2/F#    Dsus2/G    Asus 
Dsus2      Dsus/G 


Verse: 
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Lay the pedal on the floor, thinkin' I should slow down 
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That old man's smilin' as the car horns sound 
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Like a band of verman angles come to carry me home 
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Back to workin' like a dog where I belong 


Chorus: 
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I've been runnin' 
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I've been gunnin' 
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For that top rung 
                     Asus 
Of the ladder all my life 
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But what's so bad about being satisfied 
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I wish I was wiser that way sometime 
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One of these days I need to give that a try 
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Bein' alright 
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With barely gettin' by 


Outro: 
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Dsus2    Dsus2/G     x4 
end with: Dsus2