Why Don't You Get A Job

How to play Why Don't You Get A Job by The Offspring on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 3 you play D, G, A, E, the shapes the player above shows.

This is a great beginner song because it stays upbeat, steady, and easy to loop once you lock in the feel. You get a fast, driving rhythm without needing a lot of chord changes, so it is a good one for building confidence and keeping your strumming consistent.

You can lean on the open shapes for most of it with F, C, and G, while A# is the harder barre shape. The main thing to watch is the shift from F into A# and back again in the opening progression, since that change will test your hand more than the others.

Start by practicing the opening progression slowly - F, A#, F, C - until the movement feels smooth. Then repeat the same cycle several times with a clean change on every beat, and only after that bring it up to song speed. Once the shape changes feel automatic, the whole song should come together quickly.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.