[Verse 1 - AB Form] A: Friday whistle blows, week's grind finally done B: Crack a cold one now, weekend here's my sun [Verse 2 - AB Form] A: Saturday party's wild, dancin' til the dawn B: Sunday creepin' in, good times all gone [Chorus] Weekends fly too fast, back to the five-day chain Prices climb higher, but my paycheck stays the same [Verse 3 - AB Form] A: Bills stack like mountains, electric man's at the door B: Groceries cost a fortune, can't afford no more [Verse 4 - AB Form] A: Gas pump laughin' loud, tank's empty every mile B: Five days grindin' non-stop, trapped in the same damn hole [Instrumental: guitar boogie riff + harmonica solo over E7-A7-B7] [guitar: thumb bass E-G-A-B pattern, fingers shuffle chords] [harmonica: 4blow-4draw bend-6blow triolen, tongue blocking] [Verse 5 - AB Form] A: How's a man supposed to live, with wages stuck in mud B: Everything risin' up, drownin' in the flood [Verse 6 - AB Form] A: Rent man's knockin' hard, pocket's bone dry again B: Landlord's grinnin' wide, knowin' I can't pay him [Chorus] Weekends fly too fast, back to the five-day chain Prices climb higher, but my paycheck stays the same [Verse 7 - AB Form] A: Boss man's pushin' hard, five days ain't enough B: Dreamin' of that freedom, but life's callin' my bluff [Chorus] Weekends fly too fast, back to the five-day chain Prices climb higher, but my paycheck stays the same the boogie rollin' on, how we gonna make it through?
