(VERSE)
[E]Hey, my name is Jim, I fought in Vietnam
[A]My life's a bargain basement, all the good shit's gone
[E]I just can't hold a job. Where did I go wrong?
[A]I'm sleeping in my car; My dreams moved on
[E]My name is Billy Jean, my love is bought and sold
[A]I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old
[E]My foster daddy went and took my innocence away
[A]The street life ain't much better but at least I'm getting paid
(BRIDGE)
[B]Tuesday just might go my way
[A]It can't get worse than [E]yesterday
[G#m]Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
[A]But somehow I'll [F#m7]survive
(Chorus)
[E]Hey, man, I'm alive
As [F#m]long as I can breathe, as [A]long as I can fight
[E]Hey man, I know I'll get [F#m]by[A]
[E]When I wanna die I pick [F#m]up all the pieces and what's [A]left of my pride
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but I [A]wish I were a Saturday [E]night
(VERSE)
[E]I can't say my name, my life is on the line
[A]They say that I'm to blame, that I'm guilty of a crime
[E]I wish that I could be in another time and place
[A]With someone else's soul and someone else's face
(BRIDGE)
[B]This world ain't so cut and dry [A]but I can't 'why?' [E]wrong or right
[G#m]I ain't here to justify [A]what I gotta do to [F#m7]survive
(Chorus)
[E]Hey, man, I'm alive
As [F#m]long as I can breathe, as [A]long as I can fight
[E]Hey man, I know I'll get [F#m]by[A]
[E]When I wanna die I pick [F#m]up all the pieces and what's [A]left of my pride
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but I [A]wish I were a Saturday [E]night
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but [A]someday I'll be Saturday [E]night[C#m] [E] [C#m]
(SOLO)x2
[E] [C#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
(BRIDGE)
[B]Tuesday just might go my way
[A]It can't get worse than [E]yesterday
[B]Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
[A]Somehow I'll survive
(Chorus)
[E]Hey, man, I'm alive
As [F#m]long as I can breathe, as [A]long as I can fight
[E]Hey man, I know I'll get [F#m]by[A]
[E]When I wanna die I pick [F#m]up all the pieces and what's [A]left of my pride
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but [A]someday I'll be Saturday [E]night[C#m] [E] [C#m]
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but [A]someday I'll be Saturday [E]night
I'm [B]feeling like a Monday but [A]someday I'll be Saturday [E]night
