Talking Heads - Found a Job: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Found a Job" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Found a Job Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Talking Heads

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Found a Job" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A7
"Damn that television, What a bad picture"!
D7                          A7
Don't get upset, Its not a major disaster
A7
"There's nothing on tonight", he said,
A7
"I don't know what's the matter"
D7                                  A7
"Nothings ever on", she said "so I don't
know why you bother'

We've heard this little scene,
we've heard it many times
People fighting over little
things and wasting precious time
They might be better off,
I think, the way it seems to me
Making up their own shows, which might
be better than TV

Chorus:
 E     A       E   G        E       A  E G
Judy’s in the bed-room, in-venting situations.
 E     D         E       D     E      A     E  G
Bob is on the street to-day, scouting up locations.
 E          G     E          A
They’ve en-listed all their family.
 E          G     E          F#
They’ve en-listed all their friends.
    B             D      B       D
It helped saved their relation-ship,
     B       D     E
And made it work again.

Their show gets real high ratings,
they think they have a hit
There might even be a spin-off,
but they're not sure 'bout that
If they ever watch TV again,
it'd be too soon for them
Bob never yells about the picture now,
he's having too much fun

Chorus:
Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations
They've enlisted all their family
They've enlisted all their friends
It helped save their relationship
And made it work again

So think about this little scene,
apply it to your life
If your work isn't what you love,
then something isn't right
Just think of Bob and Judy, they're happy as can be
Inventing situations, putting them on TV

Chorus:
Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations
Bob is on the street today, he's having a vacation
They've enlisted all their family
They've enlisted all their friends
It helped save their relationship
And made it work again
Hit it


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

B

Guitar chord B

D

Guitar chord D

D7

Guitar chord D7

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Found a Job" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Found a Job" by Talking Heads.