One of my favorite of Cullum's songs, also the title of his second album.
[F#m] [D7] [F#m] [D7]
[F#m] [D7]
After years of expensive education,
[F#m] [G7]
A car full of books and anticipation
[F#m] [Em]
I'm an expert on Shakespeare and that's a hell of a lot.
C#mb6 [C7#11] [F#m] [D7]
But the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.
[F#m] [D7] [F#m]
Maybe I'll go trav'ling for a year, finding myself,
[G7]
Or start a career.
[F#m] [Em7]
I could work for the poor, though I'm hungry for fame.
C#mb6 C7#11
We all seem so diff'rent but we're just the same.
[F#m] [D7]
Maybe go to the gym so I don't get fat.
[F#m] [G7]
Aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
[F#m] [Em7]
Who knows the answers, who do you trust?
C#mb6 C7#11
I can't even separate love from lust.
[F#m] [D7]
Maybe move back home and pay off my loans,
[F#m] [G7]
Working nine to five, answering phones.
[F#m] [Em7]
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
C#mb6 C7#11
Drinking eight pints and getting in fights.
[F#m] [D7] [F#m] [D7] [F#m] [D7] [F#m] [D7] [F#m] [D7]
[F#m] [Em7]
I don't want to get up, just let me lie in;
C#mb6 [C7#11] [Bmaj7]
Leave me alone, I'm a twenty-something.
[F#maj7]
Maybe I'll just fall in love.
[Bmaj7] [F#maj7]
That could solve it all.
[Bmaj7] [F#maj7]
Philosophers says that that's enough.
Dmaj7 C#aug7
There surely must be more.. oooo...
[F#m] [D9] [F#m]
[D7]
Love ain't the answer, nor is work.
[F#m] [G7]
The truth eludes me so much it hurts.
[F#m] [Em7]
But I'm still having fun and I guess that's the key.
C#mb6 C7#11
I'm a twentysomething and I'll keep being me.
[F#m] [D9]
Do do and do do and do and do do do do
[F#m]
Do and do do and do and do do do do
[D9]
Do and do do and do and do do do do
[F#m]
Do and do do and do and do do do do
[D9]
Do and do do and do and do do do do
[G7]
Do and do do and do and do do do.
