| E | |
| No matter | what I do I can't make you happy |
| Bm | A | E | |
| Though I go to great lengths to | do your w | ill |
| A | E | |
| If y | ou say hurry girl I make it snappy |
| F# | B | |
| T | rying hard to keep your wishes filled |
| E | |
| But I'm getting | tired and feeling real discouraged |
| A | E | |
| >From bei | ng pressured underneath your thumb |
| C#m | A | |
| So here | 's a message you can give your mama |
| E | B | E | |
| Starting now I' | m looking out for num | ber one |
| Chorus: |
| A | |
| Lord ever | yone around me I've tried so hard to please |
| E | |
| Till the onl | y one unhappy feeling broken down is me |
| C#m | A | |
| But thin | gs are gonna change with each new setti | ng sun |
| E | B | E | |
| Starting now I | 'm looking out for nu | mber one |
| E | |
| It's get | ting hard to face my morning mirror |
| Bm | A | E | |
| There's a stranger in there staring back | at me |
| A | E | |
| He tel | ls me everyday it's getting clearer |
| F# | B | |
| Son your not the man you used to be |
| E | |
| Yeah it's time t | o get this monkey off my shoulder |
| A | E | |
| And quit worryi | ng about the things that you want done |
| C#m | A | |
| I'm gonna | start the fire that you have smoldered |
| E | B | E | |
| Cause starting now I'm | looking out for number | one |
| repeat chorus: |
| E | B | E | |
| Yeah starting now I'm l | ooking out for numbe | r one |