| G | |
| I was a rebel from the day I left school |
| C | |
| I grew my hair long and broke all the rules |
| D | |
| I'd sit and listen to my records all day |
| C | |
| With big ambitions of when I could play |
| G | |
| My parents taught me what life is about |
| C | |
| So I grew up the type they warned me about |
| D | |
| They said my friends were just an unruly mob |
| C | NC | |
| And I should | get a haircut and get a real job |
| CHORUS |
| G | |
| Get a haircut and get a real job |
| C | |
| Clean your act up and don't be a slob |
| D | |
| Get it together like your big brother Bob |
| C | D | |
| Why don't you, | get a haircut and get a real | job |
| I even tried that 9 to 5 scene |
| I told myself that it was all a bad dream |
| I found a band and some good songs to play |
| Now I party all night and I sleep all day |
| I met this chick, she was my number 1 fan |
| She took me home to meet her mommy and dad |
| They took one look at me and said "Oh, my god" |
| Get a haircut and get a real job |
| G | C | |
| CHORUS | Get a real | job (4x) Why don't you |
| I hit the big time with my rock-n-roll band |
| The future's brighter now then I'd ever planned |
| I'm 10 times richer than my big brother Bob |
| He's got a haircut and he's got a real job |
| CHORUS Get a real job (4x) Why don't you |