I Mean Business (Elton's demo)
Elton John / Shaina Taub / Mark Sonnenblick

Gm - Cm - F - Bb - F/A  x2 

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Growing up across the Hudson I stared out of my window
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Every night at the Manhattan skyline
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Reading the Sunday Times with a light under the covers
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I dreamed of having my own by-line
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So I studied my butt off at Rutgers
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Ran the student gazette and got my honors degree
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I got a shoebox apartment in Bushwick
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It can barely fit a futon but it worked for me

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I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
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I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
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I gotta find my beat and show this city I mean business

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I mean business, oh yeah
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I mean business, yes I do
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I mean business New York City
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I mean business, oh yeah
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I mean business, yes I do
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I mean business New York City
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And I've worked, and I've worked my way back to you

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Walking east on 42nd it's like all of a sudden
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Every light is turning green for me now
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I got my good luck notebook for my interview this morning
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'Cause I'm a little boss to be now
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Sure this magazine is only for fashion
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But it'll cover my rent and get my foot in the door
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And my brilliant adopting will soon be resulting
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In monumental stories they cannot ignore

I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
I'm gonna find my beat and show this city I mean business

repeat chorus

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By the time that I'm 24 The New Yorker will promote me
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And before I turn 28 every late-night show will quote me
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Pulitzer prize winner Andy Sachs
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Exposing corruption and printing the facts
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Like Gloria Steinem in her prime
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Changing the world one page at a time

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I mean business, oh yeah
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I mean business through and through
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I mean business New York City
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I mean business, oh yeah
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Serious business through and through
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So we're in business New York City
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'Cause I, oh yes I, I've got work to do
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I've got work to do
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I've got work to do
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I've got work to do
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I've got work to do