Lyrics Fred Grittner, my music.
A tongue-in-cheek folk-blues, Fred and I are both pretty good at procrastinating. So are you.
lyrics
Procrastination Blues Words Fred Grittner/Music Jan Hauenstein
(C)Three months ago
They (E7)gave me a date,
They (F)said we’ll need it (D7)then,
So (C)don’t (C)be (A7short)(hold)late.
I (D7)swore to myself
I would (G)pay my (G7)(hold)dues,
Now I’m (C)going in circles,
Now I’m (F)going in circles,
Now I’m (Ab7)going in circles (Ab7)with (Ab7)(hold)those
Procrastination (Ab7)Bl(G7)u(C)es, mm(Ab7)mm(G7)mm(C)...(G7) (C)(hold)
The (C)day is coming
When the (E7)deal goes down,
I’ll be a (F)stand-up (D7)guy
Or an ex(C)cu(C)sing (A7short)(hold)clown.
I keep (D7)telling myself
There’s (G)rocks in my (G7)(hold)shoes,
I (C)try to get traction,
(F)Try to get some satisfaction,
Try to (Ab7)spring into action, de(Ab7)spite (Ab7)(hold)those
Procrastination (Ab7)Bl(G7)u(C)es, mm(Ab7)mm(G7)mm(C)...(G7) (C)(hold)
The (C)future is a vague
And a (E7)vaporous state,
Be(F)yond the far ho(D7)rizon
To(C)morrow (C)must (A7short)(hold)wait.
My (D7)mind is as sticky
As (G)model airplane (G7)(hold)glue,
(C)I’m stuck in neutral,
(F) I’m still stuck in neutral,
(Ab7) I’m so stuck in neutral (Ab7)with (Ab7)(hold)those
Procrastination (Ab7)Bl(G7)u(C)es, mm(Ab7)mm(G7)mm(C)...(G7) (C)(hold)
- Instrumental, first four lines of verse -
(D7)I can feel it coming,
I (G)know what I must (G7)(hold)do,
It’s (C)hard to grab the shift stick
It´s so (F)hard to grab the shift stick
(Ab7)Where´s the goddamned shift stick? (Ab7)Got (Ab7)(hold)those
Procrastination (Ab7)Bl(G7)u(C)es, mm(Ab7)mm(G7)mm(C)...(G7) (C) (C7)
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