Hard Hat And A Hammer Chords by Alan Jackson

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] Lace-up boots [A]
and faded [B] jeans, [E] a homemade sandwich, [A] a half a jug of [B] tea,
_ [E] _ Average Joe, [A] _
[B] average pay, [E] the same old wind, [A] the same old [B] day.
But there's nothing wrong [A] with a hard hat [B] and a hammer,
The kind of glue that [A] sticks this [B] world together,
[E] The hands of steel and [A]
cradle of the promised [B] land. _ _ _
God bless the working man, _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] all week long [A]
making [B] a living,
_ [E] Life keeps taking, [A]
he [B] keeps giving, [E] behind the scenes, [A]
below [B] the grade.
[E] I hardly noticed, but part of [B] everything,
[E] But there's nothing wrong [A] with a hard hat [B] and a hammer,
[E] _ The kind of glue [A] that sticks this [B] world together,
[E] _ The hands of steel [A] and cradle of the promised [B] land. _ _
God bless the working man, _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] he gives his life, then [B] fades away.
[E] _ Another young [A] man, [B] takes his place,
[E] _ Average Joe, [A] _
[B] average pay, [E] the same old wind, [A] the same [B] old day.
[E] But there's nothing wrong [A] with a hard hat [B] and a hammer,
[E] _ The kind of glue [A] that sticks this [B] world together,
[E] _ The hands of steel [A] and cradle of the promised [B] land. _ _ _
_ _ [E] No, there's nothing wrong [A] with a hard [B] hat and a hammer,
[E] _ The kind of glue [A] that sticks this [B] world together,
[E] _ The hands of steel [A] and cradle of the promised [B] land. _ _
God [E] bless the working man, _ _ [A] _
[B] the working [E] man, _ _ _
Oh, the working man _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
and woman. _ _ _ _ _ _