Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky G C I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly F C But I'll be a brown job until I die G C With 10 years to go in the RLI
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G C The sergeant that signed me up G C Had a face like the back of a truck G C A tattoo on his knee G C And legs like a mugla tree F C And the medic that did my test G C He left me standing in my vest F C And then when I didn't see G(hold) C He stabbed me with the T.A.B.
C G Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky G C I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly F C But I'll be a brown job until I die G C With 10 years to go in the RLI
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G C Down at the quarter master store G C I said I'd take size 4 G C They gave me size 3 for sports G C It was a pair of open leg shorts F C I was in the cook house queue G C Waiting for my beans and stew F C The cook just winks at me G(hold) c And slips the blue stone in my tea
C G Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky G C I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly F C But I'll be a brown job until I die G C With 10 years to go in the RLI
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G C Standing on parade G C Never get a bit of shade G C Out in the blazing sun G C With the temperature of 101 F C And you know there is nothing worse G C Than doing the assault course F C When the sweat is running free G(hold) C And it smells like a chibuli
C G Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky G C I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly F C But I'll be a brown job until I die G C With 10 years to go in the RLI
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G C We had a contact the other day G C But the terrors all ran away G C We were firing the M.A.G. G C from the hip like Audie Murphy G C So if I go up in a puff of smoke G C It's better than being a slow G C Or a fuzz from the PSAP G C I'd very much rather be me
C G Sometimes I wish I was a blue job up in the sky G C I wouldn't have to walk if I could fly F C But I'll be a brown job until I die G C With 10 years to go in the RLI