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Sitting Doing Nothing

Jewel Box

Sitting Doing Nothing
Elton John/Caleb Quaye
1968 demo
also available on the “Regimental Sgt. Zippo” album (2021)

G - F - C/E - D

G                 Am7     D
I'm just sitting doing nothing
C          D             G
Wondering where I should go
               Am7       D
People tell me I'm just lazy
 C                   D            G
Whether or not it's true I don't know

                     Am7     D
So I'm just sitting doing nothing
C           D            G
Wondering where I should go

Bm          Em           Am        C/G
Many people that I've encountered
Em                 Bm        Am    C/G
Say they wish that they were free
Am               Bm
And I know that secretly
F                
All those people 
Em            D         C
Would really like to be me

   G                Am7         D
So even though they tell me I'm idle
C            D             G
Why should I do what they say
                   Am7         D
For they're in the same place all the time
    C          D          G
But I'm only there for a day

repeat chorus

      Am7   D
Ohhh, ohh, oh oh
C    D         G
Ohh, oh, oohh oh     (ad lib)